Fishing Lucienne Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Lucienne Lake in the Sudbury part of Ontario. This is rolling bush country. It measures about 19 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 2.5 km of margin, front to back. Head to Dowling, 108 km away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 128 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lucienne Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Sudbury, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lucienne Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Lucienne Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. If the gate is shut, Makwa Lake at 1.2 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Lucienne Lake in what we hold.