South Greenhill Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Sudbury end of Ontario holds South Greenhill Lake. It sits in taiga. About 1.09 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. The edge covers about 9.0 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Few waters listed in Sudbury are bigger. The closest town, Chapleau, is 77 km away. Further out sit Wawa (84 km) and Hornepayne (107 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on South Greenhill Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Reported across Sudbury: smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take South Greenhill Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -17°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish South Greenhill Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Butler Lake is 2.2 km distant. None of that is settled for South Greenhill Lake in what we hold.