Little Pharand Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Little Pharand Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. The land about it is northern bush. It measures about 10 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 1.4 km of margin, front to back. It is a small entry by Sudbury standards. Supplies mean a trip to Timmins, 51 km off. It is 197 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Little Pharand Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. 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. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Little Pharand Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -17°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Little Pharand Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Frise Lake at 1.9 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Little Pharand Lake should be assumed from this page alone.