Fishing at Fawn Lake, Rossburn, Manitoba

• Overview

  Fawn Lake falls in Rossburn, part of Manitoba. Everything around it is lake country bush. The water covers around 1.34 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. Some 5.7 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. The nearest place of any size is Dauphin, 40 km away. The big place round here is Winnipeg, 250 km distant. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Fawn Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Rossburn include northern pike, Iowa darter and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Fawn Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 17°C in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Fawn Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Cristy Lake is 4.6 km distant. Confirm before you fish Fawn Lake.