Fishing at South Hazen Lake, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  South Hazen Lake is one of the Sudbury listings for Ontario. Around the bank it is pine and birch. The water covers some 74 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With 5.3 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Some 60 km away sits Capreol, the nearest settlement. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 82 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on South Hazen Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish South Hazen Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -16°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Expect South Hazen Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, Barnet Lake at 4.2 km is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for South Hazen Lake.