Kenistoopechekomuskwu Lakes in Manitoba: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Manitoba, you have Kenistoopechekomuskwu Lakes. This is taiga country. The water covers some 47 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 4.8 km keeps the choices simple. The closest town, Thompson, is 198 km distant. Snow Lake lies 220 km off, Pelican Narrows another 246 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Kenistoopechekomuskwu Lakes

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The near bank of Kenistoopechekomuskwu Lakes is often the one people ignore. One good feature beats a mile of plain bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -26°C to 16°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Kenistoopechekomuskwu Lakes fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Ellystan Lake, 2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Kenistoopechekomuskwu Lakes in what we hold.