Fishing Pill Lake in Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Pill Lake falls in in Manitoba. It sits in boreal forest. The water covers some 50 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 3.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Thompson sits 215 km from the bank. Further out sit Snow Lake (230 km) and Pelican Narrows (242 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Pill Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The near bank of Pill Lake is often the one people ignore. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -26°C in January. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Count the season from break-up, usually mid May. The water is typically free of ice between mid May and early November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Pill Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Muskeg Lake, 3.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Pill Lake should be assumed from this page alone.