Fishing Grub Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Grub Lake belongs to Sudbury, Ontario. The surface lies 423 metres up. Roughly 49 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. A shoreline of some 3.2 km keeps the choices simple. Some 74 km away sits Elliot Lake, the nearest settlement. Further out sit Blind River (97 km) and Chapleau (101 km). The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Grub Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Sudbury cover 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 Grub Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -14°C in January and 17°C in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Grub Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Stew Lake at 2.1 km is the sensible second choice. Where Grub Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.