Grass Lake in Prairie Lakes: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Prairie Lakes, Manitoba, sits Grass Lake. It stands 409 metres above sea level. The water covers some 84 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline length is close to 6.1 km, and each section fishes a little differently. For supplies, Killarney is 26 km out. For a city, Winnipeg is 186 km off. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Grass Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. County-wide records name northern pike, black bullhead, Iowa darter and rock bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Grass Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -17°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Grass Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. You can camp about 1.1 km away, going by the mapping. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Overend Lake, 1.6 km away. For Grass Lake in particular, ask before you travel.