Tower Lake Fishing near Wawa, Ontario

• Overview

  Tower Lake is one of the Algoma listings for Ontario. The surface lies 379 metres up. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Algoma list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 30 km away sits Wawa, the nearest settlement. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 305 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Tower Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Tower Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Tower Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Ale Lake, 3.1 km out. Nothing on Tower Lake should be assumed from this page alone.