Cordwood Camp Lake, Manitoba: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Cordwood Camp Lake in Fisher, Manitoba. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. It measures about 32 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. There is roughly 2.7 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Most waters listed here for Fisher are larger. 65 km away sits Arborg, the nearest town. For a city, Winnipeg is 156 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Cordwood Camp Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Fisher include freshwater drum, goldeye, white sucker and logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Work Cordwood Camp Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -20°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Cordwood Camp Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Little Birch Lake, 2.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Cordwood Camp Lake.