Fishing Lonesome Lake in Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Set in Manitoba, Lonesome Lake is a Manitoba water. The ground round it is rolling bush. Surface area runs to about 5 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Manitoba list. For supplies, Flin Flon is 6.5 km out. Further out sit Creighton (7.8 km) and Pelican Narrows (87 km). The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Lonesome Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish Lonesome Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -21°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about early November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. At Lonesome Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Big Island Lake is 0.8 km off. For Lonesome Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.