Petre Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Within Sudbury, Ontario, you have Petre Lake. The surface lies 446 metres up. It measures some 2.24 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. You are looking at roughly 10 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Few waters listed in Sudbury are bigger. For supplies, Elliot Lake is 58 km out. Further out sit Blind River (86 km) and Espanola (93 km). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Petre Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Petre Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -14°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Petre Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Marty Lake at 4.9 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Petre Lake in what we hold.