Vacher Lake Fishing in Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Sudbury, Vacher Lake is an Ontario water. Rolling bush runs right down to the water. The water covers some 41 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. There is roughly 3.8 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It is high ground by Ontario standards. The nearest place of any size is Chapleau, 79 km away. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 239 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Vacher Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Vacher Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -14°C on the long-run figures. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Vacher Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Irene Lake is 1.3 km distant. What applies at Vacher Lake may have changed since it was mapped.