Lackner Creek in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Lackner Creek in the Sudbury part of Ontario. The water sits 418 metres up. At about 14 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. It is a small entry by Sudbury standards. Chapleau sits 22 km from here and is the nearest stop. After that come Wawa at 125 km and Timmins at 155 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lackner Creek

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The head and tail of a pool beat the body of it. Gravel runs and silted pools fish quite differently, so treat them apart. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Lackner Creek the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -16°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Winter slows the flow and edges it with ice; the open runs keep fishing where the current holds. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lackner Creek.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Lackner Lake is 3 km distant. Treat access at Lackner Creek as something to verify.