Kite Lake in Rosedale: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Kite Lake stands in Rosedale, Manitoba. The water sits 612 metres up. Surface area is around 73 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 4.9 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It ranks high for size among our Rosedale listings. Minnedosa lies 23 km from the water. After that come Neepawa at 42 km and Rivers at 50 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Kite Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Rosedale list white sucker, northern pike, yellow perch, johnny darter and Iowa darter. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Kite Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 18°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It sets the rhythm of the year at Kite Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. King Lake, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Kite Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.