Lunch Lake in Grandview: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Manitoba holds Lunch Lake, in Grandview. Lake country bush runs right down to the water. Small at around 8 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Supplies mean a trip to Roblin, 26 km off. Kamsack follows at 67 km, then Dauphin at 70 km. Water in the same corner: North Lunch Lake just 0.5 km, Highland Lake within 1.3 km, Spur Lake just 1.7 km, Claw Lake within 1.9 km and Emerald Lake just 1.9 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lunch Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Grandview include Iowa darter, northern pike and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Lunch Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -19°C to 17°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Lunch Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. North Lunch Lake sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Rules at Lunch Lake are worth checking on the day.