Red Pine Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Red Pine Lake is one of the Algoma waters in Ontario. The water sits 420 metres up. With some 20 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The whole outline is near 3.4 km, and most of it is walkable. Sault Ste. Marie is the closest town at 71 km. Greater Sudbury sits 236 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Red Pine Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Algoma records list walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The near bank of Red Pine Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -14°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Red Pine Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Roar Lake is 2.2 km distant. The position on Red Pine Lake is worth confirming on the day.