Raven Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Raven Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. The surface lies 412 metres up. It runs to roughly 16 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Bank access stretches around 4.3 km in total. Dowling lies 43 km from the water. Rayside-Balfour is 48 km away, with Valley East at 58 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Raven Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch among the fish reported. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Raven Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -15°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Raven Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Parking is at Hawk Ridge Trail Parking Lot, some 410 m off. There is a campsite 810 m from the water. Facilities run to toilets 460 m from the water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Lost Lake is 1.5 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Raven Lake for certain.