Poon Lake Fishing in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Algoma, Ontario, is where Poon Lake sits. It stands 357 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 11 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 1.7 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. On size it sits at the modest end of our Algoma list. Wawa sits 58 km from the bank. Chapleau follows at 71 km, then Hornepayne at 115 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Poon Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Algoma: walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Take Poon Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. At Poon Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Iserhoff Lake is 1 km distant. Where Poon Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.