Fishing at Round Lake, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Round Lake falls in Sudbury, part of Ontario. The bank is 184 metres above sea level. The water covers some 24 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With about 2.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ontario listings. 35 km away sits Markstay-Warren, the nearest town. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 39 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Round Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter among the fish reported. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Work Round Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 19°C on average, January about -12°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Round Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Dodd Lake, 1.9 km away. Rules at Round Lake are worth checking on the day.