Fishing Uno Lake in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Uno Lake stands in Sudbury, Ontario. The bank is 454 metres above sea level. At about 13 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 2.2 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Our Sudbury list holds plenty of bigger water. Chapleau is the closest town at 20 km. Further out sit Wawa (100 km) and Sault Ste. Marie (143 km). No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Uno Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Sudbury, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Uno Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -15°C in January and 16°C in July. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan any trip to Uno Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Suomi Lake is 0.8 km distant. Check the position on Uno Lake before loading the car.