Vendette Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Vendette Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. Roughly 42 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. About 4.0 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Start from Timmins, 96 km down the road. Capreol is 116 km away, with Dowling at 118 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Vendette Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Sudbury list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Vendette Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -16°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Plan any trip to Vendette Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Pensyl Lake sits 1.9 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Vendette Lake may have changed since it was mapped.