Guitar Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Sudbury, Ontario, this is Guitar Lake. Around the bank it is mixed forest. Roughly 54 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 7.3 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. Timmins lies 69 km from the water. Chapleau follows at 121 km, then Iroquois Falls at 124 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Guitar 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. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. On Guitar Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -17°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Guitar Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Duguay Lake, 2.6 km away. Ask locally about Guitar Lake if anything is unclear.