Fishing Loughnan Lake in Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Loughnan Lake lies in in Manitoba. It sits at 317 metres above sea level. Roughly 60 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With 5.0 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Supplies mean a trip to Flin Flon, 28 km off. Further out sit Creighton (30 km) and Pelican Narrows (91 km). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Loughnan Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. At Loughnan Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes. Steep banks mean deep water within a rod length.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -22°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. The open-water window runs from around early May to about early November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Loughnan Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Pistol Lake, 4.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Loughnan Lake if anything is unclear.