Shedden Lake Fishing near Elliot Lake, Ontario

• Overview

  Shedden Lake is an Algoma water, Ontario side. The surface lies 233 metres up. This is sizeable water at about 2.46 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. On our Algoma list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Elliot Lake, 22 km away. Then Blind River, 42 km, and Little Current, 49 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Shedden Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. County-wide records name walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Shedden Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -11°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That shapes the year on Shedden Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Black Lake at 1.1 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Shedden Lake in what we hold.