Horne Lake Fishing in Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  This water sits in Kelsey, Manitoba. Land around it is northern bush. The water covers some 23 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 2.3 km in total. Our Kelsey list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Cross Lake 19A, 69 km off. Beyond it, Thompson at 71 km and Snow Lake at 112 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Horne Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Kelsey cover white sucker, johnny darter and northern pike. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Horne Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -24°C at the bottom of winter. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid May. Break-up near mid May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Expect Horne Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Soab Lake is 8.7 km off. Confirm before you fish Horne Lake.