Mageau Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Mageau Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. The bank is 437 metres above sea level. Roughly 100 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With 7.2 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. It ranks high for size among our Sudbury listings. Nearest place of any size is Chapleau, 20 km away. Wawa follows at 100 km, then Timmins at 163 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Mageau Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Sudbury, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Mageau Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -16°C. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Expect Mageau Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, East Mageau Lake at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Mageau Lake for certain.