White Pine Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Sudbury, Ontario, is where White Pine Lake sits. The bank is 424 metres above sea level. The water covers around 6.46 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. Some 37 km of shoreline means conditions can differ from one end to the other. On our Sudbury list it sits near the top for size. Start from Elliot Lake, 96 km down the road. Chapleau is 103 km and Dowling 106 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on White Pine Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Sudbury include smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On White Pine Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -15°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. White Pine Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Cortez Lake is 3.2 km distant. Check the current arrangement for White Pine Lake.