Fishing at Kippen Lake, Alexander, Manitoba

• Overview

  Look for Kippen Lake in Alexander, Manitoba. This is mixed forest ground. It runs to roughly 32 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 4.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The closest town, Lac du Bonnet, is 72 km away. For a city, Winnipeg is 158 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Kippen Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Alexander include smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Kippen Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Kippen Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. McMurachy Lake, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Kippen Lake before loading the car.