Graveyard Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Graveyard Lake belongs to Sudbury. It lies 420 metres above sea level. Roughly 98 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. You are looking at roughly 9.2 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Size puts it in the front rank of our Sudbury list. Chapleau lies 45 km from the water. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 247 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Graveyard Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Graveyard Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -15°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. On average, late April opens the water and mid November closes it again. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. At Graveyard Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. The nearest alternative is Sea Horse Lake, 3.8 km out. None of that is settled for Graveyard Lake in what we hold.