Bluff Lake Fishing near Capreol, Ontario

• Overview

  Bluff Lake is one of the Greater Sudbury waters in Ontario. Around the bank it is lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 9 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Greater Sudbury are larger. Nearest town is Capreol, 32 km off. Valley East is 41 km and Rayside-Balfour 52 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Bluff Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Greater Sudbury include smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike and pumpkinseed. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Bluff Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -15°C in January. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Bluff Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Den Lake, 1.3 km away. Ask locally about Bluff Lake if anything is unclear.