Lost Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Lost Lake in the Sudbury part of Ontario. This is rolling bush ground. It runs to roughly 14 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Our Sudbury list holds plenty of bigger water. Markstay-Warren is the closest place, 32 km off. Greater Sudbury is 46 km away, with Lively at 52 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lost Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lost Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -12°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near early December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan any trip to Lost Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Trout Lake, 4.1 km away. Signs at Lost Lake carry more weight than any list.