Fishing at Pivot Lake, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Pivot Lake, in Algoma. The setting is northern bush on every side. Surface area runs to roughly 1.40 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. On our Algoma list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Wawa, 27 km away. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 320 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Pivot Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Algoma, recorded fish include walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Pivot Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. That is the shape of the year on Pivot Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Wallace Lake is 4.6 km distant. Nothing on Pivot Lake should be assumed from this page alone.