Fishing Mississagi Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Mississagi Lake sits in Sudbury, out in Ontario. It stands 455 metres above sea level. This is sizeable water at about 1.88 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. At about 17 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Few waters listed in Sudbury are bigger. The nearest place of any size is Elliot Lake, 89 km away. Chapleau lies 99 km off, Dowling another 112 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Mississagi Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Mississagi Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -15°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan around that when you fish Mississagi Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Circle Lake sits 2.7 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Mississagi Lake.