Pirie Lake Fishing near Chapleau, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Sudbury, Ontario. It stands 454 metres above sea level. At about 24 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 3.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It sits higher than most water we list in Ontario. The closest town, Chapleau, is 16 km away. Greater Sudbury sits 228 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Pirie Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Pirie Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -15°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. From about late April to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Pirie Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. 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. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Pack Sack Lake at 1.8 km is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish Pirie Lake.