Gneiss Lake in Manitoba: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Gneiss Lake is a Manitoba water, Manitoba side. The water sits 381 metres up. Roughly 93 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. At about 6.2 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. For a base, Pelican Narrows sits 171 km out. The big place round here is Saskatoon, 587 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Gneiss Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On Gneiss Lake a short move beats a long cast. Keep the approach quiet on shallow water.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -25°C in January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Look for the thaw near mid May; the fishing lifts straight after. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid May until roughly early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan any trip to Gneiss Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Kukri Lake is 7.2 km distant. Signs at Gneiss Lake carry more weight than any list.