Fishing Mud Turtle Lake in Reynolds, Manitoba

• Overview

  You will find Mud Turtle Lake in Reynolds, Manitoba. The bank is 315 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to roughly 3.68 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. The shoreline runs about 14 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Few waters listed in Reynolds are bigger. 51 km away sits Lac du Bonnet, the nearest town. Winnipeg sits 111 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Mud Turtle Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reynolds records list northern pike, walleye, yellow perch, johnny darter and smallmouth bass among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Mud Turtle Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 19°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Plan around that when you fish Mud Turtle Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Vandal Lake, 1.6 km away. Ask locally about Mud Turtle Lake if anything is unclear.