Fishing Peedy Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Sudbury, Peedy Lake is an Ontario water. The setting is pine and birch. Roughly 13 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 2.7 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. On size it sits at the modest end of our Sudbury list. Chapleau lies 60 km from the water. Elliot Lake is 114 km away, with Sault Ste. Marie at 118 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Peedy Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Peedy Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -14°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Peedy Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Honey Lake, 5.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Peedy Lake carry more weight than any list.