Fishing Quartzite Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Quartzite Lake is one of the Sudbury listings for Ontario. It sits at 322 metres above sea level. Roughly 16 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 1.9 km, and most of it is walkable. On size it sits at the modest end of our Sudbury list. The town to know is Espanola, 36 km out. Further out sit Lively (41 km) and Little Current (46 km). The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Quartzite Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The shape of Quartzite Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -11°C in January up to 19°C in July. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. On Quartzite Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Patten Lake is 2 km distant. Treat access at Quartzite Lake as something to verify.