Port Lake Fishing in Alexander, Manitoba

• Overview

  Port Lake lies in Alexander, in Manitoba. The bank is 323 metres above sea level. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is a small entry by Alexander standards. For supplies, Lac du Bonnet is 90 km out. It is 172 km to Winnipeg, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Port Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Alexander list smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Port Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Port Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Halfway Lake, 2.1 km out. Treat Port Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.