Boomerang Lake in Grandview: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Grandview end of Manitoba holds Boomerang Lake. Height above sea level is 619 metres. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Grandview list. Some 23 km away sits Roblin, the nearest settlement. For a city, Regina is 268 km off. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Boomerang Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Grandview include Iowa darter, northern pike, white sucker and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Fish Boomerang Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 17°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Boomerang Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Records show it does not hold water year-round. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Elbow Lake at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. Rules at Boomerang Lake are worth checking on the day.