Fishing Pigs Eye Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Pigs Eye Lake, in Sudbury. Height above sea level is 464 metres. Roughly 35 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline length is close to 5.8 km, and each section fishes a little differently. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Ontario listings. Chapleau lies 45 km from the water. Greater Sudbury sits 278 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Pigs Eye Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Pigs Eye Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It sets the rhythm of the year at Pigs Eye Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Ralph Lake is 1.7 km off. Confirm before you fish Pigs Eye Lake.