Denyes Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Denyes Lake belongs to Sudbury. The setting is spruce and muskeg. It measures some 3.54 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. You are looking at roughly 21 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. It ranks high for size among our Sudbury listings. The nearest place of any size is Chapleau, 47 km away. Timmins is 128 km and Wawa 150 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Denyes Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Denyes Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -16°C for January. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. On average, late April opens the water and mid November closes it again. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Denyes Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Dyment Creek, 2 km away. Check the position on Denyes Lake before loading the car.