Collyer Lake in Kelsey: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Collyer Lake is set in Kelsey, Manitoba. It sits at 296 metres above sea level. Around 23 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. With about 2.5 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Kelsey list. Some 4.7 km away sits Snow Lake, the nearest settlement. Flin Flon is 118 km and Creighton 120 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Collyer Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Kelsey cover white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike and walleye. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Collyer Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -23°C for January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. From about early May to around early November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Collyer Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Nutt Lake, 0.7 km away. Ask locally about Collyer Lake if anything is unclear.