Pack Sack Lake near Chapleau: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Look for Pack Sack Lake in the Sudbury part of Ontario. Country round the bank runs to spruce and muskeg. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Sudbury are larger. Head to Chapleau, 17 km away, for anything you forgot. Wawa is 108 km and Sault Ste. Marie 148 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Pack Sack Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Treat Pack Sack Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 17°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Pack Sack Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Olympic Lake at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Pack Sack Lake if anything is unclear.