Gib Lake Fishing Guide, Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Gib Lake stands in Manitoba. The water sits 314 metres up. This is sizeable water at about 1.52 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. The shoreline runs about 17 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. The closest town, Red Lake, is 164 km away. Winnipeg sits 295 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Gib Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Gib Lake repays a walk before the first cast. Fish tight to whatever breaks the bottom's flatness.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -21°C in January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near early November in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Gib Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Wapako Lake is 3.1 km off. None of that is settled for Gib Lake in what we hold.