Old Lake CottageSplake fishing near Chapleau, ON
228 documented waters within 300 km, 167 of them with splake as the primary species.
Where they are biting today
- Wawong Lake77
- Centre Triple Lake (Iroquois Falls)75
- Mohan Lake (Parry Sound)75
- Pleasant Lake (Espanola)75
- Spring Lake (Iroquois Falls)75
- Mellon Lake (Elliot Lake)75
- Root River75
- Root River75
- Streich Lake (Espanola)74
- Hartley Lake (Terrace Bay)74
Fishing splake around Chapleau
The waters around Chapleau give splake anglers real options: 228 documented waters in range are on record for splake in our Ontario catalogue, and their daily scores - built from weather, water temperature at depth and species-fit modelling - decide the order shown above rather than reputation or hearsay.
There is a spread worth reading in today's leaders. Wawong Lake sets the pace at 77 (about 372 km from Chapleau, roughly 14 m of water at its deepest), while Centre Triple Lake (Iroquois Falls) sits at 75 (about 203 km from Chapleau, roughly 12 m of water at its deepest). Mohan Lake (Parry Sound) holds third at 75. Those gaps are real information: the same splake conditions rarely land evenly across different depths, sizes and shorelines.
Splake are a hatchery cross between brook trout and lake trout, stocked widely because they grow faster than brook trout while staying more catchable in accessible depths than lake trout - a genuinely practical middle ground for a coldwater fishery. Splake swim in smaller lakes stocked by the Ontario MNRF, using both parent habitats: shallow fertile flats with weeds and downed trees plus nearby hard rock breaklines and boulder ledges dropping toward 25 to 30 feet. Cover water and adjust often: through the ice, jig a Williams spoon or tube while a minnow soaks on a second line; in open water, cast small in-line spinners, spoons or drift a minnow under a slip bobber.
Everything above is recomputed daily - the numbers on this page reflect September 14, 2026 - so check back before committing to a water: the leaders genuinely change as weather systems move through.