Lemoine Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lemoine Lake is a Sudbury water, in Ontario. Height above sea level is 326 metres. Roughly 2.78 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The perimeter is close to 29 km, and wind can be flat in one arm and rough in the next. On our Sudbury list it sits near the top for size. For supplies, Chapleau is 69 km out. Greater Sudbury sits 233 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lemoine Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lemoine Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 17°C in July. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Lemoine Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Little Lemoine Lake sits 2.2 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lemoine Lake.