Fishing Trap Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Trap Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. Elevation runs to 452 metres. Small at around 8 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Sudbury list. For a base, Chapleau sits 10 km out. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 228 km off. Also worth knowing: Poulin Lake 1.3 km away, Seven Mile Lake about 3.3 km, Sootheran Lake 3.4 km away, McLennan Lake about 3.5 km and Devon Lake 3.6 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Trap Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter among the fish reported. The county list is broader than any single water. Trap Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 17°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Trap Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Poulin Lake, 1.3 km away. Where Trap Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.