Second Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Second Lake is set in Sudbury, Ontario. The surface lies 372 metres up. Roughly 17 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 1.9 km, and most of it is walkable. Dowling is the closest place, 77 km off. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 102 km distant. Alternatives close at hand: Third Lake within 2.3 km, Wapejo Lake after 2.8 km, First Lake within 3.3 km, Fifth Lake after 5.6 km and Elspie Lake within 5.7 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Second Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Sudbury names smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Anyone new to Second Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -15°C in January. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Second Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Third Lake, 2.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Second Lake before loading the car.