Fishing Rex Lakes in Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Rex Lakes is a Kelsey water, Manitoba side. The setting is northern bush. With some 23 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. A shoreline of some 2.0 km keeps the choices simple. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Kelsey. Nearest place of any size is Snow Lake, 17 km away. Cross Lake 19A follows at 132 km, then Flin Flon at 134 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Rex Lakes

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Kelsey list white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike, walleye and silver redhorse. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Rex Lakes the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -23°C to 17°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Break-up comes around mid May, and the run that follows is short and strong. On average, mid May opens the water and early November closes it again. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Rex Lakes.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Jean Lake, 2.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Rex Lakes as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.