Hamiltons Lake Fishing in Alexander, Manitoba

• Overview

  Manitoba holds Hamiltons Lake, in Alexander. It lies 325 metres above sea level. With some 10 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 2.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. It is a small entry by Alexander standards. Lac du Bonnet is the closest place, 96 km off. For a city, Winnipeg is 177 km off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Hamiltons Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Alexander names smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Hamiltons Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -19°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Hamiltons Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Boats go in at Wallace Lake Boat Launch, roughly 720 m from the water. Wallace Lake Provincial Park takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Palomar Lake is 1.7 km off. Signs at Hamiltons Lake carry more weight than any list.