Colborne Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Colborne Lake falls in Sudbury, part of Ontario. The surface lies 352 metres up. Around 55 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Bank access stretches around 4.8 km in total. For supplies, Chapleau is 72 km out. Then Wawa, 75 km, and Hornepayne, 112 km. Within a short drive: Alister Lake a touch under 1.7 km, Stephenson Lake out at 1.9 km, Rennie Lake a touch under 2.2 km, Quary Lake out at 3.4 km and Garvey Lake a touch under 3.6 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Colborne Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Colborne Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -16°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Colborne Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Alister Lake, 1.7 km away. Nothing on Colborne Lake should be assumed from this page alone.