Leo's Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Leo's Lake lies in Sudbury, in Ontario. The setting is lake country bush. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Sudbury list. The closest town, Capreol, is 80 km away. Rayside-Balfour lies 82 km off, Dowling another 83 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Leo's Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Anyone new to Leo's Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 17°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Leo's Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Misty Lake is 2.2 km off. Treat Leo's Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.