Figure Lake Fishing Guide, Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Manitoba holds Figure Lake, in Manitoba. Beyond the shoreline you have northern bush. It runs to roughly 52 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 6.6 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. The closest town, Thompson, is 134 km distant. Saskatoon sits 698 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Figure Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish Figure Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -25°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Expect Figure Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Ote Lake at 9.7 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Figure Lake as something to verify.