Marylyn Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Out in Sudbury, Ontario, sits Marylyn Lake. It lies 450 metres above sea level. At about 31 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 3.3 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Compared with other Ontario water on our list, it sits high. The closest town, Chapleau, is 34 km distant. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 202 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Marylyn Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Marylyn Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -15°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Marylyn Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• 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. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Esker Lake at 1.6 km is the sensible second choice. For Marylyn Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.