Old Lake CottageSplake fishing near Sault Ste. Marie, ON
189 documented waters within 300 km, 126 of them with splake as the primary species.
Where they are biting today
- Centre Triple Lake (Iroquois Falls)75
- Pleasant Lake (Espanola)75
- Spring Lake (Iroquois Falls)75
- Mellon Lake (Elliot Lake)75
- Root River75
- Root River75
- Streich Lake (Espanola)74
- Wawa Creek74
- Twin Lakes (Sault Ste. Marie)74
- Root River74
Fishing splake around Sault Ste. Marie
The waters around Sault Ste. Marie give splake anglers real options: 189 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.
Centre Triple Lake (Iroquois Falls) leads today's ranking at a score of 75 (about 341 km from Sault Ste. Marie, roughly 12 m of water at its deepest). Pleasant Lake (Espanola) follows at 75 (about 209 km from Sault Ste. Marie). Spring Lake (Iroquois Falls), scoring 75, rounds out the current leaders (roughly 16 m of water at its deepest). Each number compresses the day's weather, modelled water temperature at depth and how well those conditions suit splake into one comparable score.
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.