Fishing Scar Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  The Sudbury entry here is Scar Lake, in Ontario. This is lake country bush country. With some 50 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. You are looking at roughly 7.1 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ontario listings. The nearest town is Lively, 31 km away. Greater Sudbury follows at 37 km, then Azilda at 43 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Scar Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. On Scar Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -11°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to early December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. At Scar Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Failing this one, try Strata Lake, 3 km away. None of that is settled for Scar Lake in what we hold.