Totten Lake Fishing in Greater Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Totten Lake is listed under Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It sits in lake country bush country. Surface area is around 58 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Bank access stretches around 4.8 km in total. Head to Dowling, 23 km away, for anything you forgot. After that come Espanola at 32 km and Rayside-Balfour at 34 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Totten Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Greater Sudbury include smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike and pumpkinseed. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Anyone new to Totten Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -13°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Totten Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, McCool Lake is 0.8 km distant. Where Totten Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.