Jones Lake in Grahamdale: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Grahamdale, Manitoba, you have Jones Lake. It sits in pine and birch. Roughly 13 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 1.4 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Our Grahamdale list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to Arborg, 74 km away, for anything you forgot. Beyond it, Gimli at 105 km and Dauphin at 134 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Jones Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Grahamdale records list walleye, freshwater drum, nipigon cisco and white sucker among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. The shape of Jones Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -19°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Jones Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Trapper Lake is 3.1 km off. Check the position on Jones Lake before loading the car.