Fishing Kapiskitowakomak Lake in Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Within Kelsey, Manitoba, you have Kapiskitowakomak Lake. The surroundings are rolling bush. About 9.45 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. You have roughly 26 km of edge to choose from, which rewards a scouting trip. Size puts it in the front rank of our Kelsey list. Supplies mean a trip to The Pas, 40 km off. For a city, Saskatoon is 449 km off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Kapiskitowakomak Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. 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. Open biodiversity records for Kelsey list white sucker, johnny darter and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Kapiskitowakomak Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -21°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about early November in a typical year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Kapiskitowakomak Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Mawdesley Lake, 8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Kapiskitowakomak Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.