Fishing at Black Spruce Lake, Grandview, Manitoba

• Overview

  Set in Grandview, Black Spruce Lake is a Manitoba water. The water sits 621 metres up. At 5 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Grandview are larger. Roblin lies 36 km from the water. It is 281 km to Regina, the nearest city. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Black Spruce Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Grandview names Iowa darter, northern pike and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Black Spruce Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Black Spruce Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This one is mapped as intermittent, so a wasted trip is a real risk in a dry year. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Rubber Lake is 0.9 km off. Confirm access to Black Spruce Lake locally before you travel.