Fishing at Porky Lake, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Porky Lake, in Algoma. The surface lies 407 metres up. It measures about 19 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Roughly 3.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Supplies mean a trip to Wawa, 53 km off. Then Chapleau, 54 km, and Hornepayne, 139 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Porky Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Algoma cover walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Porky Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It holds true on Porky Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Grundoon Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Porky Lake.