Fishing at Minnow Lake, Greater Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Minnow Lake sits within Greater Sudbury in Ontario. The surface lies 423 metres up. Small at around 9 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Most waters listed here for Greater Sudbury are larger. Capreol at 28 km is the nearest place to stop. It is 48 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Minnow Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Greater Sudbury list smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike and pumpkinseed. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Minnow Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -15°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Minnow Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Morton Lake sits 3.1 km off and takes the overflow. Where Minnow Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.