Fishing at Strike Lake, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Algoma in Ontario is where Strike Lake sits. Lake country bush runs right down to the water. It measures about 30 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 3.1 km of margin, front to back. Elliot Lake is the closest town at 17 km. It is 119 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Strike Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Treat Strike Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -12°C in January up to 18°C in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Strike Lake that shapes the whole year.

• 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 points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Rochester Lake, 2.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Strike Lake in what we hold.