Fishing at Bunting Lake, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Sudbury in Ontario is where Bunting Lake sits. The bank is 422 metres above sea level. Roughly 16 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 3.0 km, and most of it is walkable. Our Sudbury list holds plenty of bigger water. Chapleau is the closest town at 53 km. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 232 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Bunting Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Bunting Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Bunting Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Nackawic Lake at 1.4 km is the sensible second choice. The position on Bunting Lake is worth confirming on the day.