Tower Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Sudbury, Ontario, this is Tower Lake. The ground around here is mixed forest. The water covers some 14 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 2.0 km in total. It is a small entry by Sudbury standards. Head to Dowling, 97 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 123 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Tower Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. 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. Public occurrence data for Sudbury names smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Tower Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -15°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Plan around that when you fish Tower Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Fox Lake is 1.2 km off. What applies at Tower Lake may have changed since it was mapped.