Fishing at Mink Lake, Grandview, Manitoba

• Overview

  Mink Lake is set in Grandview, Manitoba. Pine and birch runs right down to the water. At about 12 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Nearest place of any size is Roblin, 29 km away. Dauphin is 64 km and Kamsack 73 km. Also on the doorstep: Jellyfish Lake at 0.8 km, Dead Birch Lake the better part of 1.5 km, Nixon Lake at 1.9 km, Crescent Lake the better part of 2.9 km and Wing Lake at 2.9 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Mink Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Grandview list Iowa darter, northern pike, white sucker, yellow perch and finescale dace. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Mink Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -19°C to 17°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Plan any trip to Mink Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Mapping flags this water as intermittent: it can be dry for part of the year, so check before travelling. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Jellyfish Lake is 0.8 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Mink Lake for certain.