Fishing Longbottoms Lake in St. Clements, Manitoba

• Overview

  Longbottoms Lake is set in St. Clements, Manitoba. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. The water measures roughly 10 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. About 1.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Our St. Clements list holds plenty of bigger water. Selkirk sits 32 km from here and is the nearest stop. The big place round here is Winnipeg, 66 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Longbottoms Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. County-wide records name common carp, channel catfish and goldeye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Longbottoms Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 19°C, while January sits near -18°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That shapes the year on Longbottoms Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Walleye come to jigs worked slow near bottom, and to trolled crankbaits along the drops at dusk. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Folster Lake, 2.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Longbottoms Lake as something to verify.