Hicks Lake Fishing in Greater Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Hicks Lake in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The bank is 322 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 29 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The bank runs about 3.2 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. You are 38 km from Capreol. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 58 km off. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Hicks Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Greater Sudbury include smallmouth bass, yellow perch and northern pike. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Hicks Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -15°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. On Hicks Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Carlo Lake, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Hicks Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.