Fishing at Tassel Lake, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Tassel Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. The water sits 448 metres up. Around 24 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The bank runs about 2.4 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. It sits higher than most water we list in Ontario. Nearest place of any size is Chapleau, 56 km away. It is 190 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Tassel Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Sudbury: smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Work Tassel Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. On Tassel Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. The nearest alternative is Buttonshoe Lake, 2.8 km out. For Tassel Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.