Fishing at Raney Lake, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Raney Lake falls inside Sudbury. The bank is 378 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to roughly 2.87 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. It is among the larger waters listed here for Sudbury. Chapleau at 44 km is the nearest place to stop. Timmins follows at 130 km, then Wawa at 147 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Raney Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Sudbury names smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Raney Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Raney Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Dyment Creek at 1.4 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Raney Lake in what we hold.