Spider Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Spider Lake sits within Sudbury in Ontario. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Roughly 36 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 5.9 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. Dowling sits 60 km from the bank. It is 87 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Spider Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Spider Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -15°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan any trip to Spider Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Little Pogamasing Lake sits 2.6 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Spider Lake in what we hold.