Bat Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Sudbury, Bat Lake is an Ontario water. The ground around here is rolling bush. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Sudbury. Nearest place of any size is Dowling, 83 km away. Further out sit Rayside-Balfour (87 km) and Capreol (95 km). No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Bat Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Sudbury, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Bat Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -15°C in January and 17°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. That shapes the year on Bat Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Mudhen Lake, 0.4 km out. For Bat Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.