Hicks Lake near Sturgeon Falls: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  The Parry Sound District entry here is Hicks Lake, in Ontario. The surface lies 239 metres up. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Parry Sound District list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to Sturgeon Falls, 34 km away, for anything you forgot. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 102 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Hicks Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Parry Sound District: smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and northern pike. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Hicks Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -12°C to 19°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Time your trip to Hicks Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. 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. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Stormy Lake sits 2.7 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Hicks Lake in what we hold.