Fishing Sharpe Lake in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Sharpe Lake stands in Algoma, Ontario. This is northern bush country. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Algoma. Hornepayne sits 62 km from the bank. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 352 km distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Sharpe Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Sharpe Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. That is the shape of the year on Sharpe Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Little Coat Lake sits 2.9 km off and takes the overflow. For Sharpe Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.