Fishing Colleen Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Within Sudbury, Ontario, you have Colleen Lake. Height above sea level is 387 metres. Surface area runs to about 9 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Sudbury list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Dowling sits 107 km out. Rayside-Balfour is 108 km away, with Capreol at 108 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Colleen Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Sudbury, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Colleen Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Colleen Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. The nearest alternative is Irene Lake, 0.6 km out. Treat access at Colleen Lake as something to verify.