Yohannson Lake Fishing Guide, Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Yohannson Lake sits in Sudbury, out in Ontario. This is spruce and muskeg country. Roughly 31 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 4.4 km of margin, front to back. 32 km away sits Chapleau, the nearest town. After that come Wawa at 133 km and Timmins at 138 km. Not far off: 3.3 km away is King Lake, Oscar Lake at 4.1 km, 4.1 km away is Paul Lake, Wright Lake at 4.2 km and 4.4 km away is Cedric Lake. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Yohannson Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Sudbury records list smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye among the fish reported. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Yohannson Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Yohannson Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is King Lake, 3.3 km out. Confirm before you fish Yohannson Lake.