Old Lake CottageSplake fishing near Temagami, ON
343 documented waters within 300 km, 247 of them with splake as the primary species.
Where they are biting today
- Spring Lake (Bancroft)76
- Smudge Lake (Minden)75
- Centre Triple Lake (Iroquois Falls)75
- Smoke Lake (Algonquin Park)75
- Vixen Lake (Buckhorn)75
- Pascal Lake (lac Pascal)75
- Mohan Lake (Parry Sound)75
- Ryan Lake (Whitney)75
- Pleasant Lake (Espanola)75
- Spring Lake (Iroquois Falls)75
Fishing splake around Temagami
The waters around Temagami give splake anglers real options: 343 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.
Spring Lake (Bancroft) leads today's ranking at a score of 76 (about 287 km from Temagami, roughly 8 m of water at its deepest). Smudge Lake (Minden) follows at 75 (about 258 km from Temagami). Centre Triple Lake (Iroquois Falls), scoring 75, rounds out the current leaders (roughly 12 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.