Fishing Mollie Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Mollie Lake is one of the Sudbury listings for Ontario. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. At about 97 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge covers about 6.4 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. It ranks high for size among our Sudbury listings. The closest town, Dowling, is 107 km away. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 128 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Mollie Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Take Mollie Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Mollie Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. 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. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Amelia Lake at 4 km is the nearest alternative. Where Mollie Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.