Fishing Spear Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Spear Lake is one of the Sudbury listings for Ontario. It sits at 352 metres above sea level. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Sudbury list. 62 km away sits Chapleau, the nearest town. Greater Sudbury sits 296 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Spear Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Spear Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Spear Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Ruby Lake at 2 km is the nearest alternative. Treat Spear Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.