Fishing Nem Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Nem Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. The country here is northern bush. At about 22 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 2.3 km, and most of it is walkable. It is high ground by Ontario standards. 30 km away sits Chapleau, the nearest town. Wawa is 81 km and Sault Ste. Marie 141 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Nem Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Sudbury, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Nem Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -15°C in January up to 16°C in July. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. At Nem Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Border Lake, 2.1 km out. Treat Nem Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.