Roddy Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Ontario, Roddy Lake falls inside Algoma. The surface lies 305 metres up. Surface area is around 16 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The full circuit measures close to 2.2 km on foot. Wawa sits 9.5 km from the bank. Further out sit Chapleau (94 km) and Hornepayne (135 km). Also within reach: Shook Lake out at 1.6 km, 2.2 km out stands Blasko Lake, Megit Lake out at 2.5 km, 4 km out stands Vanreek Lake and Twin Lakes out at 4.5 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Roddy Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. 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. Species logged across Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Anyone new to Roddy Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -15°C in January. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Roddy Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Shook Lake, 1.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Roddy Lake.