Fishing at Benson Bay, Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Benson Bay is a Manitoba water, in Manitoba. The water sits 225 metres up. Oxford House sits 153 km from here and is the nearest stop. The big place round here is Winnipeg, 467 km distant. More in the same country: Atasko Lake roughly 12 km, Pa Lake just 13 km, Dead Fall Lake roughly 18 km, Kakapkaychowinsink Bay just 18 km and Kiaskos Lake roughly 18 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Benson Bay

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The mouth fishes hardest when the run is at its strongest. Slack water is dead water on a place like this. Benson Bay gives up more to patience than to distance. The area takes around 561 mm of rain a year, with July the wettest month and February the driest.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -22°C in January up to 17°C in July. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near early November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. On Benson Bay the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Atasko Lake, 12 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Benson Bay may have changed since it was mapped.