Back Lake Fishing Guide, Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Back Lake sits within Manitoba in Manitoba. The water sits 186 metres up. This is big water, about 13.71 sq km, and in a wind it behaves like a small sea. There is roughly 28 km of bank, and each arm behaves like its own water. Few waters listed in Manitoba are bigger. Oxford House is the closest town at 2.6 km. Then Gillam, 158 km, and Cross Lake 19A, 166 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Back Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Back Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance. A short cast to the right spot beats a long one to the wrong one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -23°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid May. Ice usually gives way near mid May, and forms again about early November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. At Back Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data records a pier about 790 m out. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Wapatakosanik Lake at 3.4 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Back Lake in what we hold.