Kelly Island Lake, Manitoba: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Kelly Island Lake stands in Grandview, Manitoba. It sits in lake country bush country. Around 20 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. A shoreline of some 1.9 km keeps the choices simple. The closest town, Roblin, is 22 km distant. Further out sit Kamsack (61 km) and Langenburg (70 km). Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Kelly Island Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Grandview list Iowa darter, northern pike, white sucker and yellow perch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The near bank of Kelly Island Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -20°C in January. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near early November in autumn. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Kelly Island 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. Public mapping marks it as seasonal water rather than permanent. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Moon Lake at 2 km is the sensible second choice. Signs at Kelly Island Lake carry more weight than any list.