McLeod Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for McLeod Lake in the Sudbury part of Ontario. Elevation runs to 456 metres. Surface area is around 24 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. There is roughly 3.2 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Compared with other Ontario water on our list, it sits high. Chapleau lies 53 km from the water. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 237 km distant. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on McLeod Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At McLeod Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -14°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on McLeod Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Mutt Lake at 1.7 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about McLeod Lake if anything is unclear.