Lost Lake Fishing near Lively, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Lost Lake falls inside Sudbury. What surrounds it is rolling bush. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Sudbury. Supplies mean a trip to Lively, 50 km off. Greater Sudbury is 53 km away, with Markstay-Warren at 59 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lost Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lost Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -11°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Lost Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. 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 Pike Lake, 5.1 km away. For Lost Lake in particular, ask before you travel.