Richard Lake Fishing near Greater Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  The Greater Sudbury end of Ontario holds Richard Lake. The surface lies 225 metres up. It runs to roughly 84 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Ground here is low by Ontario standards. Greater Sudbury is the closest place, 8.2 km off. Further out sit Lively (18 km) and Azilda (19 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Richard Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Greater Sudbury include smallmouth bass, yellow perch and northern pike. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Richard Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 20°C and January near -13°C on the long-run figures. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. That shapes the year on Richard Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is a mapped landing stage 710 m away. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Perch Lake, 1.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Richard Lake should be assumed from this page alone.