Loon Lake Fishing near Lively, Ontario

• Overview

  Sudbury, Ontario, is where Loon Lake sits. Everything around it is lake country bush. At about 30 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 2.4 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ontario listings. Nearest place of any size is Lively, 45 km away. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 47 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Loon Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Fish Loon Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 19°C and January near -11°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near early December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. That is the shape of the year on Loon Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Bird Lake is 3.7 km distant. Signs at Loon Lake carry more weight than any list.