Bird Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Bird Lake in the Sudbury part of Ontario. Height above sea level is 204 metres. The water covers around 1.03 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. The outline measures near 9.0 km, so local knowledge counts. It is among the larger waters listed here for Sudbury. Supplies mean a trip to Lively, 44 km off. Beyond it, Greater Sudbury at 47 km and Azilda at 55 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Bird Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Sudbury, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Bird Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 19°C in July and bottom out at -11°C in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Bird Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Loon Lake, 3.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Bird Lake for certain.