Bottomless Lake Fishing in Argyle, Manitoba

• Overview

  Bottomless Lake is listed under Argyle, Manitoba. The ground around here is rolling bush. It measures about 36 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. With about 1.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Head to Killarney, 38 km away, for anything you forgot. Winnipeg is the closest city, 161 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Bottomless Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. County-wide records name black bullhead, northern pike, johnny darter and rock bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Bottomless Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 19°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. On average, late April opens the water and mid November closes it again. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. That is the shape of the year on Bottomless Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Markus Lake is 1.1 km distant. Where Bottomless Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.