Giroux Bay in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Giroux Bay is set in Sudbury, Ontario. Land around it is spruce and muskeg. You are 85 km from Timmins. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 161 km away. Also on the doorstep: Wine Lake 2.5 km away, Whopper Lake out at 2.8 km, Wright's Lake 3.2 km away, Wamukuwin Lake out at 4.3 km and Brady Lake 4.4 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Giroux Bay

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Flats either side fish on the drop as bait is pushed off them. Reed and marsh margins hold fish through the moving hours. Survey and observation records for Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Giroux Bay a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Giroux Bay by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Wine Lake sits 2.5 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Giroux Bay if anything is unclear.