Upper Gordon Lake Fishing Guide, Greater Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Upper Gordon Lake is one of the Greater Sudbury listings for Ontario. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Surface area is around 56 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With 5.6 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Some 13 km away sits Dowling, the nearest settlement. Greater Sudbury sits 30 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Upper Gordon Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike and pumpkinseed. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. The near bank of Upper Gordon Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -13°C in January up to 18°C in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Upper Gordon Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. The nearest alternative is Little Fairbank Lake, 1.5 km out. What applies at Upper Gordon Lake may have changed since it was mapped.