Mountaintop Lake Fishing in Greater Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Mountaintop Lake falls inside Greater Sudbury. The water sits 363 metres up. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Greater Sudbury list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest place of any size is Capreol, 25 km away. Further out sit Valley East (32 km) and Rayside-Balfour (43 km). The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Mountaintop Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Greater Sudbury names smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike and pumpkinseed. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The near bank of Mountaintop Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -15°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Mountaintop Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Fraleck Lake is 1.6 km distant. Rules at Mountaintop Lake are worth checking on the day.