Fishing Menzie Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Menzie Lake is one of the Sudbury waters in Ontario. The land about it is pine and birch. At about 31 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 3.8 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The nearest place of any size is Capreol, 61 km away. It is 80 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Menzie Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Menzie Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -15°C at the bottom of winter. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Menzie Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Kamenisa Lake, 1.8 km out. Check the current arrangement for Menzie Lake.