Fishing Balfours Lake in Louise, Manitoba

• Overview

  Manitoba holds Balfours Lake, in Louise. The setting is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 32 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline length is close to 5.9 km, and each section fishes a little differently. You are 56 km from Killarney. Morden is 59 km away, with Langdon at 68 km. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Balfours Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Louise cover black bullhead, johnny darter, white sucker and creek chub. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Balfours Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -17°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Balfours Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Barbours Lake is 1.5 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Balfours Lake.