Pike Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Pike Lake is a Sudbury water, in Ontario. The country round it is boreal forest from end to end. With some 26 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 4.0 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. The closest town, Chapleau, is 85 km away. Then Timmins, 86 km, and Kapuskasing, 126 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Pike Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Sudbury names smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Pike Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -17°C for January. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That is the shape of the year on Pike Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. 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. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Green Lake sits 1.5 km off and takes the overflow. Rules at Pike Lake are worth checking on the day.