Red Elk Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Red Elk Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. Height above sea level is 472 metres. It measures some 1.68 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. The bank runs about 25 km in total, split between open shore and sheltered corners. It is among the larger waters listed here for Sudbury. For a base, Elliot Lake sits 66 km out. Dowling lies 88 km off, Espanola another 90 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Red Elk Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The near bank of Red Elk Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -14°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Red Elk Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Trevor Lake, 2.4 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Red Elk Lake for certain.