Fishing Noble Lake in Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Noble Lake sits within Kelsey in Manitoba. It sits in northern bush. Surface area is around 65 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Bank access stretches around 3.8 km in total. Thompson lies 15 km from the water. Then Cross Lake 19A, 129 km, and Snow Lake, 160 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Noble Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Kelsey cover white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike, walleye and silver redhorse. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The shape of Noble Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -25°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Count the season from break-up, usually mid May. Break-up sits around mid May on average, with the water closing again about early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Noble Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping flags this water as intermittent: it can be dry for part of the year, so check before travelling. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Jock Lake sits 18 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Noble Lake should be assumed from this page alone.