Fishing at Turnip Lake, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Turnip Lake sits in Sudbury, out in Ontario. The surroundings are mixed forest. Roughly 17 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 2.1 km, and most of it is walkable. Head to Timmins, 105 km away, for anything you forgot. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 128 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Turnip Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Turnip Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -16°C on the long-run figures. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Turnip Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Champagne Lake is 1.7 km distant. What applies at Turnip Lake may have changed since it was mapped.