Fishing at Leask Lake, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Leask Lake is one of the Sudbury waters in Ontario. Elevation runs to 376 metres. It runs to roughly 68 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. You are looking at roughly 6.4 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. The closest town, Capreol, is 58 km away. Valley East follows at 63 km, then Rayside-Balfour at 68 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Leask Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Leask Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -16°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Leask Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Little Prune Lake is 3.6 km off. Treat access at Leask Lake as something to verify.