Heuft Lake Fishing Guide, Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Heuft Lake is one of the Kelsey waters in Manitoba. The water sits 288 metres up. The water covers some 47 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The full circuit measures close to 4.5 km on foot. Snow Lake is the closest town at 14 km. Flin Flon is 107 km and Creighton 109 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Heuft Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike, walleye and silver redhorse. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Heuft Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -23°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly early November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Heuft Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Ilasevich Lake, 2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Heuft Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.