Sladen Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Sladen Lake is a Sudbury water, in Ontario. The setting is rolling bush. At about 87 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 8.3 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. It is high ground by Ontario standards. Nearest place of any size is Elliot Lake, 86 km away. Then Chapleau, 90 km, and Blind River, 109 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Sladen Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Sladen Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -14°C in January and 17°C in July. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Sladen Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Wimpy Lake, 2.4 km out. For Sladen Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.