Long Lake in Rossburn: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Long Lake is set in Rossburn, Manitoba. The land about it is rolling bush. With some 78 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 6.9 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. Some 46 km away sits Dauphin, the nearest settlement. Minnedosa follows at 68 km, then Rivers at 83 km. Other water nearby: Lake Audy out at 5.9 km, Bone Lake at 6 km, Whitewater Lake out at 6.2 km, Hyde Lake at 7.1 km and Cristy Lake out at 7.3 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Long Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Rossburn cover northern pike, Iowa darter, white sucker and rainbow trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Long Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -19°C in January up to 17°C in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Long Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A camping area sits within 1.1 km of here. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lake Audy, 5.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Long Lake.