Brooks Lake Fishing in Alexander, Manitoba

• Overview

  This water sits in Alexander, Manitoba. It stands 308 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 35 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. A shoreline of some 3.8 km keeps the choices simple. Nearest town is Lac du Bonnet, 68 km off. Then Gimli, 103 km, and Beausejour, 104 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Brooks Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Alexander cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Brooks Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -19°C in January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Brooks Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Vermette Lake, 0.7 km away. For Brooks Lake in particular, ask before you travel.