Netley Lake in St. Andrews: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Netley Lake lies in St. Andrews, Manitoba. The water sits 216 metres up. Around 33.14 sq km of open water: conditions change from one end to the other. Among the waters listed for St. Andrews, none is wider. Selkirk is the closest town at 20 km. Gimli lies 36 km off, Beausejour another 38 km. Within easy reach: Boyd Lake about 3.9 km, 4 km away is Mink Lake, Passwa Lake about 4.2 km, 4.7 km away is Oak Point Lake and Wheelers Lake about 5.5 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Netley Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in St. Andrews include black bullhead, common carp, freshwater drum and bigmouth buffalo. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Netley Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 19°C, while January sits near -18°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Time your trip to Netley Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Boyd Lake at 3.9 km is the nearest alternative. For Netley Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.