Do the cold clear "natural" lakes that I fish in Northern Ontario have creek channels? Or are creek channels typically structure that you find in a man made resevoir? When looking the maps for the lakes that I fish, there is no creek channel defined on the map! Thoughts?

I personally don't fish any natural lakes because there aren't any near my home. However, If there is any sort of flowing water that feeds into the lake, there will be a channel. Also if the lake is damned up at one end, when the d**n is turned on there will be a channel in that vicinity. That's my thoughts on it but if you're looking at a topo and don't see a defined channel, then there most likely isn't one significant enough to actually be considered a channel.