A half-covered sky tonight, with almost no wind to speak of and steady pressure. Most of the action on Gameline Lake should come off the margins and the shelf beyond them. One clear peak today: the night. Cover water early, then settle where the signs are. The cold puts a premium on the calmest, deepest water.
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Gameline Lake is one of the Manitoba listings for Manitoba. What surrounds it is northern bush. Around 24 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. There is roughly 3.4 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Most waters listed here for Manitoba are larger. You are 37 km from Swan River. Regina sits 283 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.
Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Fish Gameline Lake to its features, not to its size. Steep banks mean deep water within a rod length.
The year swings from about -19°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Gameline Lake rarely departs from it.
Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. This one is mapped as intermittent, so a wasted trip is a real risk in a dry year. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Tee Isle Lake, 2.6 km away. Ask locally about Gameline Lake if anything is unclear.
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| 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 |
| 88 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 88 | 84 | 81 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 85 |
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