Fishing Curly Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Sudbury, Ontario, this is Curly Lake. The bank is 437 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 8 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. About 3.7 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It is a small entry by Sudbury standards. Start from Chapleau, 29 km down the road. Wawa follows at 81 km, then Hornepayne at 155 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Curly Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Sudbury: smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. On Curly Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 16°C in July. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Curly Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. You can camp about 1.2 km away, going by the mapping. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Triplet Lake at 2.8 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Curly Lake in what we hold.