Salome Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Salome Lake stands in Sudbury, Ontario. The surface lies 399 metres up. With some 30 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Roughly 3.2 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Dowling lies 92 km from the water. Rayside-Balfour lies 96 km off, Capreol another 102 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Salome Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Sudbury: smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Salome Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Salome Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. South Arden Lake, 2.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Salome Lake.