Madge Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Madge Lake is one of the Sudbury waters in Ontario. It lies 420 metres above sea level. At about 32 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 3.8 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. You are 41 km from Chapleau. Beyond it, Wawa at 71 km and Hornepayne at 144 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Madge Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Species logged across Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Madge Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -16°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Madge Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Delmage Lake is 0.7 km distant. Confirm access to Madge Lake locally before you travel.