Lord Lake in Manitoba: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lord Lake is listed under Manitoba. The shore lies 3.1 km out. Roughly 33 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 2.9 km in total. You are 264 km from Arviat. The nearest city of size is Winnipeg, 1006 km away. Others close at hand: Stygge Lake out at 6 km, Malcolm Ramsay Lake (6.8 km), McQueen Lake out at 9.8 km, Farnworth Lake (9.9 km) and Choir Boy Lake out at 11 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lord Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Being tidal, the water moves twice a day, and the fishing moves with it. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Anyone new to Lord Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -27°C and July at about 14°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early June. Break-up sits around early June on average, with the water closing again about late October. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Lord Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Stygge Lake is 6 km distant. Nothing on Lord Lake should be assumed from this page alone.