Whitepine Lake Fishing Guide, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Whitepine Lake is an Algoma water, Ontario side. Elevation runs to 341 metres. Surface area runs to about 8 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Algoma list holds plenty of bigger water. Hornepayne lies 20 km from the water. Manitouwadge follows at 76 km, then Hearst at 110 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Whitepine Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Algoma list walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Whitepine Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Whitepine Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Bone Lake is 0.6 km distant. None of that is settled for Whitepine Lake in what we hold.