Flicker Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Ontario holds Flicker Lake, in Sudbury. Around the bank it is boreal forest. Roughly 41 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The full circuit measures close to 4.5 km on foot. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Ontario listings. Some 20 km away sits Chapleau, the nearest settlement. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 256 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Flicker Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Flicker Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -16°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Flicker Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. 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. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Picard Lake, 2.2 km out. Rules at Flicker Lake are worth checking on the day.