Three Mile Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Three Mile Lake is one of the Sudbury listings for Ontario. Country round the bank runs to rolling bush. It runs to roughly 59 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With 8.5 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. For supplies, Dowling is 53 km out. Rayside-Balfour is 58 km and Valley East 68 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Three Mile Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Three Mile Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Expect Three Mile Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Lower Green Lake, 4 km out. Check the current arrangement for Three Mile Lake.