Bing Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Bing Lake is one of the Sudbury listings for Ontario. Beyond the shoreline you have boreal forest. At about 10 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 1.4 km of margin, front to back. It is a small entry by Sudbury standards. The closest town, Chapleau, is 59 km away. Wawa lies 72 km off, Hornepayne another 124 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Bing Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Bing Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 16°C in July. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Bing Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Smallboy Lake, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Bing Lake as something to verify.