Fishing at Vice Lake, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Vice Lake in Sudbury, Ontario. The water sits 383 metres up. It measures about 97 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The margin runs to about 14 km in total. Few waters listed in Sudbury are bigger. For a base, Chapleau sits 41 km out. Timmins follows at 135 km, then Wawa at 144 km. Near neighbours include: Sylvanite Lake 2.8 km, Jean Lake out at 3.5 km, Carmen Lake 3.6 km, Halcrow Lake out at 4.3 km and Elvy Lake 4.4 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Vice Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Sudbury: smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Vice Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -16°C in January and 17°C in July. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Vice Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Sylvanite Lake sits 2.8 km off and takes the overflow. Signs at Vice Lake carry more weight than any list.