Fishing Benneweis Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Benneweis Lake is set in Sudbury, Ontario. Elevation runs to 383 metres. It runs to roughly 83 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The margin runs to about 6.5 km in total. Timmins is the closest town at 107 km. Further out sit Dowling (114 km) and Rayside-Balfour (115 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Benneweis Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Sudbury names smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Benneweis Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -16°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. At Benneweis Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Bernice Lake at 1.8 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm access to Benneweis Lake locally before you travel.