Fishing Bob Lake in Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  You will find Bob Lake in Kelsey, Manitoba. The surroundings are northern bush. Roughly 19 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 2.8 km, and most of it is walkable. Most waters listed here for Kelsey are larger. You are 69 km from Flin Flon. Saskatoon sits 501 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Bob Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. County-wide records name white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike, walleye and silver redhorse. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Bob Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -23°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. From about early May to around early November, expect open water on the long-run figures. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Bob Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Sheila Lake, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Bob Lake.