Pennycook Lake Fishing in Reynolds, Manitoba

• Overview

  In Manitoba, Pennycook Lake belongs to Reynolds. It sits at 330 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 31 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 2.1 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Head to Lac du Bonnet, 57 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Winnipeg, 118 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Pennycook Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Reynolds, recorded fish include northern pike, walleye, yellow perch, johnny darter and smallmouth bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The near bank of Pennycook Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -19°C and July at about 19°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Pennycook Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. T-bone Lake sits 1.6 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Pennycook Lake in what we hold.