Fishing Bonhommes Lake in Yellowhead, Manitoba

• Overview

  This water sits in Yellowhead, Manitoba. The country here is mixed forest. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Yellowhead. Head to Minnedosa, 48 km away, for anything you forgot. Rivers lies 58 km off, Dauphin another 69 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Bonhommes Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Yellowhead include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, Iowa darter and johnny darter. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Bonhommes Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -19°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Bonhommes Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Archies Lake at 2.1 km is the sensible second choice. For Bonhommes Lake in particular, ask before you travel.