Tujak Lake Fishing in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Tujak Lake lies in Algoma, in Ontario. It sits at 468 metres above sea level. At 1.85 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. The shoreline runs about 20 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. It is among the larger waters listed here for Algoma. For a base, Sault Ste. Marie sits 75 km out. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 215 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Tujak 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. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Tujak Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 17°C, the coldest about -14°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Tujak Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. If the gate is shut, Shadow Lake at 2.3 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Tujak Lake in what we hold.