Beaverflood Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Ontario, Beaverflood Lake belongs to Sudbury. Elevation runs to 336 metres. It measures about 23 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Shoreline comes to about 3.6 km, small enough to learn in a day. You are 74 km from Timmins. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 213 km distant. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Beaverflood Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The near bank of Beaverflood Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Beaverflood Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Boulder Lake, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Beaverflood Lake are worth checking on the day.