Burl Lakes in Cochrane District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Burl Lakes sits in Cochrane District, out in Ontario. Height above sea level is 341 metres. It measures about 10 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 1.5 km of margin, front to back. Start from Kirkland Lake, 28 km down the road. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 203 km off. In the same area: Arras Lake 0.6 km off, Verona Lake lies 0.8 km on, Tomwool Lake 1.3 km off, Cariad Lake lies 1.8 km on and Lalonde Lake 2.3 km off. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Burl Lakes

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Cochrane District include northern pike, yellow perch and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Burl Lakes repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -18°C on the long-run figures. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Burl Lakes that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. 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. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Arras Lake, 0.6 km away. Nothing on Burl Lakes should be assumed from this page alone.