Como Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Como Lake falls inside Sudbury. It lies 409 metres above sea level. The water covers some 23 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Around 3.7 km of margin, front to back. You are 82 km from Dowling. Greater Sudbury sits 109 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Como Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. 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. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Como Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -15°C to 17°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Como Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Sinker Lake at 2.4 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Como Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.