Nipeemakun Lake, Manitoba: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Kelsey, Manitoba. Height above sea level is 184 metres. This is sizeable water at about 1.83 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. With 7.9 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. It is low-lying compared with other Manitoba water we list. Thompson lies 38 km from the water. Winnipeg is the closest city, 638 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Nipeemakun Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Kelsey: white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Nipeemakun Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -24°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid May. Break-up near mid May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Nipeemakun Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Cook Lake is 5.6 km distant. Nothing on Nipeemakun Lake should be assumed from this page alone.