Stovepipe Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Algoma, Ontario, this is Stovepipe Lake. It sits at 330 metres above sea level. The water covers some 28 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. There is roughly 3.7 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Nearest place of any size is Wawa, 54 km away. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 301 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Stovepipe Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Algoma cover walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Stovepipe Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -13°C on the long-run figures. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Stovepipe Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Pinus Lake, 2.9 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Stovepipe Lake for certain.