Fishing at Sayer Lake, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Algoma, Ontario. The water sits 359 metres up. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Algoma are larger. Start from Wawa, 4.5 km down the road. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 331 km off. Other water within reach: Talbot Lake within 0.6 km, Moran Lake 1 km off, Lagarde Lake within 1.1 km, Spud Lake 1.1 km off and Wishbone Lake within 1.6 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Sayer Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Algoma names walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Sayer Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -15°C at the bottom of winter. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Sayer Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Talbot Lake at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Sayer Lake in what we hold.