Childerhose Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Childerhose Lake is listed under Sudbury, Ontario. The bank is 357 metres above sea level. Roughly 17 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 3.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. For supplies, Timmins is 57 km out. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 185 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Childerhose Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Childerhose Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -17°C to 17°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Childerhose Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Little Shookemi Lake at 2.8 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Childerhose Lake in what we hold.