Fishing at Fourth Bead Lake, Dauphin, Manitoba

• Overview

  The Dauphin entry here is Fourth Bead Lake, in Manitoba. It sits at 620 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 19 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 2.6 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Dauphin at 40 km is the nearest place to stop. Winnipeg is the closest city, 227 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Fourth Bead Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Dauphin names yellow perch, blackside darter, Iowa darter, northern pike and white sucker. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Fourth Bead Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -19°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. That shapes the year on Fourth Bead Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Failing this one, try Grayling Lake, 2.3 km away. Treat Fourth Bead Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.