North Silver Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Sudbury entry here is North Silver Lake, in Ontario. Height above sea level is 231 metres. With some 26 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 3.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Ground here is low by Ontario standards. The closest town, Espanola, is 8.2 km away. Then Little Current, 25 km, and Dowling, 57 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on North Silver Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On North Silver Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 19°C for July and -11°C for January. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. The season between ice runs from about mid April to early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. North Silver Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Bass Lake at 1.8 km is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish North Silver Lake.