Renabie Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Out in Sudbury, Ontario, sits Renabie Lake. The surface lies 364 metres up. Around 22 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Roughly 3.5 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. The closest town, Chapleau, is 68 km away. Wawa is 81 km away, with Hornepayne at 116 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Renabie Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Renabie Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -17°C at the bottom of winter. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Expect Renabie Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Brac Lake is 2.6 km off. Treat access at Renabie Lake as something to verify.