Rex Lake Fishing Guide, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Algoma, Ontario. It sits at 384 metres above sea level. Roughly 26 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 3.4 km, small enough to learn in a day. You are 43 km from Wawa. Greater Sudbury sits 295 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Rex Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Algoma include walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Rex Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -14°C to 16°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. It holds true on Rex Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Rainer Lake is 2.3 km off. Treat access at Rex Lake as something to verify.