Flesher Lake Fishing in Greater Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Flesher Lake is a Greater Sudbury water, in Ontario. The ground around here is mixed forest. This is a pocket water of some 9 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Greater Sudbury are larger. For a base, Capreol sits 19 km out. Valley East is 26 km away, with Rayside-Balfour at 36 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Flesher Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Greater Sudbury: smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike, pumpkinseed and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Flesher Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -15°C in January and 18°C in July. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That is the shape of the year on Flesher Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Dean Lake, 0.9 km away. Treat access at Flesher Lake as something to verify.