Fishing Brunne Lake in Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Brunne Lake is set in Kelsey, Manitoba. This is pine and birch country. At some 6.37 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. Around 39 km of margin, so directions matter more than a general plan. It is among the larger waters listed here for Kelsey. Nearest town is Flin Flon, 46 km off. It is 465 km to Saskatoon, the nearest city. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Brunne Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for Kelsey list white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike, walleye and silver redhorse. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Brunne Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -22°C in January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Brunne Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Copper Lake is 2.7 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Brunne Lake for certain.