Myrtle Lake Fishing near Snow Lake, Manitoba

• Overview

  Myrtle Lake is a Kelsey water, Manitoba side. The country round it is boreal forest from end to end. It measures about 15 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Most waters listed here for Kelsey are larger. Snow Lake sits 9.9 km from the bank. Saskatoon is the closest city, 527 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Myrtle Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. 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. Kelsey records list white sucker, johnny darter and northern pike among the fish reported. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Myrtle Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -23°C in January. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to early November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Myrtle Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Gutray Lake is 1 km distant. Treat access at Myrtle Lake as something to verify.