Lost Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Lost Lake is a Sudbury water, Ontario side. It stands 433 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 4 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Sudbury are larger. Dowling at 44 km is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 70 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lost Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Sudbury: smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Lost Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -15°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lost Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Raven Lake, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lost Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.