Heming Lake in Kelsey: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Heming Lake lies in Kelsey, Manitoba. It stands 329 metres above sea level. The water covers around 2.80 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. With 21 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Flin Flon lies 50 km from the water. Creighton follows at 52 km, then Snow Lake at 70 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Heming Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Kelsey cover white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike and walleye. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Fish Heming Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -22°C at the bottom of winter. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around early November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Heming Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Love Lake is 2.3 km distant. Rules at Heming Lake are worth checking on the day.