Fishing Octopus Lake in Rosedale, Manitoba

• Overview

  You will find Octopus Lake in Rosedale, Manitoba. Height above sea level is 617 metres. The water covers around 1.48 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. With 17 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. On our Rosedale list it sits near the top for size. Minnedosa sits 42 km from the bank. The big place round here is Winnipeg, 214 km distant. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Octopus Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name white sucker, northern pike, yellow perch, johnny darter and Iowa darter. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Octopus Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -20°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. At Octopus Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lees Lake, 3.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Octopus Lake should be assumed from this page alone.