Fishing Dudenhoffer Lake in North Norfolk, Manitoba

• Overview

  Set in North Norfolk, Dudenhoffer Lake is a Manitoba water. The bank is 316 metres above sea level. With some 32 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Bank access stretches around 3.2 km in total. Neepawa is the closest place, 17 km off. Carberry is 39 km and Minnedosa 44 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Dudenhoffer Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for North Norfolk list yellow perch, shorthead redhorse, white sucker, blackside darter and silver redhorse. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Dudenhoffer Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 19°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on Dudenhoffer Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lake Irwin at 14 km is the sensible second choice. Check the position on Dudenhoffer Lake before loading the car.