Little Burwash Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Little Burwash Lake belongs to Sudbury, Ontario. The bank gives way to pine and birch. Roughly 95 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The outline measures near 7.4 km, so local knowledge counts. It ranks high for size among our Sudbury listings. Capreol is the closest place, 49 km off. Further out sit Valley East (55 km) and Rayside-Balfour (59 km). The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Little Burwash Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Little Burwash Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Anyone fishing Little Burwash Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Burwash Lake is 3.5 km off. Check the position on Little Burwash Lake before loading the car.