Fishing at Beltz Lake, Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Manitoba holds Beltz Lake, in Kelsey. It stands 285 metres above sea level. At about 36 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 2.9 km on foot. Most waters listed here for Kelsey are larger. Nearest town is Snow Lake, 30 km off. Then Flin Flon, 94 km, and Creighton, 96 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Beltz Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Kelsey include white sucker, johnny darter and northern pike. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Beltz Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 17°C, the coldest about -23°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Beltz Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Foxall Lake, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Beltz Lake before loading the car.