Jarvies Lake Fishing Guide, Alonsa, Manitoba

• Overview

  Jarvies Lake is one of the Alonsa waters in Manitoba. The land about it is mixed forest. At 2.00 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. At about 8.8 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Dauphin lies 79 km from the water. Neepawa is 83 km and Minnedosa 95 km. Within a short drive: North Round Lake at 2.2 km, Pedro Lake (6 km), Horsejaw Lake at 6.9 km, South Round Lake (12 km) and Lac Manitoba at 16 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Jarvies Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Alonsa include walleye, common carp, freshwater drum, johnny darter and northern pike. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Jarvies Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 19°C and January near -18°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. On average, late April opens the water and mid November closes it again. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Jarvies Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try North Round Lake, 2.2 km away. Where Jarvies Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.