Sandy Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Ontario, Sandy Lake falls inside Sudbury. It stands 215 metres above sea level. At about 28 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 4.3 km, small enough to learn in a day. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ontario listings. The town to know is Lively, 39 km out. It is 50 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Sandy Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Sandy Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -11°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Sandy Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Overnight stays are possible 1.1 km away. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Amikogaming Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Sandy Lake may have changed since it was mapped.