Fishing Howard Campbell Lake in Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  The Manitoba entry here is Howard Campbell Lake, in Manitoba. The ground around here is spruce and muskeg. At some 1.00 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. There is roughly 6.7 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. Some 184 km away sits Pelican Narrows, the nearest settlement. Flin Flon is 215 km away, with Creighton at 217 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Howard Campbell Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Howard Campbell Lake repays a walk before the first cast. Watch where fish top and note the time of day.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -25°C at the bottom of winter. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Break-up comes around mid May, and the run that follows is short and strong. In an average year the thaw lands around mid May and the freeze near early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Howard Campbell Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Gasse Lake, 3.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Howard Campbell Lake in what we hold.