Askandigau Lake Fishing Guide, Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Askandigau Lake is a Kelsey water, in Manitoba. What surrounds it is lake country bush. Surface area runs to roughly 2.26 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. With 7.0 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Some 28 km away sits The Pas, the nearest settlement. Saskatoon sits 386 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Askandigau Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Kelsey records list white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike, walleye and silver redhorse among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Askandigau Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -20°C in January. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. On average, late April opens the water and early November closes it again. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Askandigau Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Freshford Lake at 13 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Askandigau Lake in what we hold.