Fishing Tiplady Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Tiplady Lake lies in Sudbury, in Ontario. Pine and birch runs right down to the water. At about 55 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The shoreline runs about 6.8 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Espanola sits 29 km from the bank. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 82 km off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Tiplady Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Sudbury: smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Tiplady Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -12°C to 18°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. It holds true on Tiplady Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Novick Lake, 1.1 km away. Check the position on Tiplady Lake before loading the car.