Timber Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Timber Lake is a Sudbury water, in Ontario. The bank gives way to taiga. At roughly 9 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Sudbury are larger. Chapleau lies 26 km from the water. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 228 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Timber Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Timber Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -15°C at the bottom of winter. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. From about late April to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan any trip to Timber Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Sample Lake, 2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Timber Lake for certain.