Fishing at Kwaskwaypichikin Lake, Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Set in Manitoba, Kwaskwaypichikin Lake is a Manitoba water. The bank is 199 metres above sea level. It measures some 5.56 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. There is roughly 24 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. Size puts it in the front rank of our Manitoba list. Head to Thompson, 86 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Winnipeg, 656 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Kwaskwaypichikin Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Work Kwaskwaypichikin Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it. Watch for the line where weed gives way to clean bottom.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -23°C on the long-run figures. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between mid May and early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Kwaskwaypichikin Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Glossop Lake at 12 km is the sensible second choice. For Kwaskwaypichikin Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.