Fishing Misty Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Sudbury, Ontario, is where Misty Lake sits. What surrounds it is rolling bush. At about 16 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 2.5 km, small enough to learn in a day. For a base, Capreol sits 78 km out. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 98 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Misty Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Misty Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Misty Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Pheasant Lake sits 2.1 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Misty Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.