Spoon Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Spoon Lake is a Sudbury water, in Ontario. Around the bank it is rolling bush. Surface area is around 49 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With 16 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ontario listings. Lively is the closest place, 40 km off. Greater Sudbury sits 46 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Spoon Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Species logged across Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Read Spoon Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -11°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Spoon Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, Sunfish Lake at 3.4 km is the nearest alternative. The position on Spoon Lake is worth confirming on the day.