Ron Lake, Manitoba: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Manitoba, is where Ron Lake sits. It sits in taiga. Roughly 23 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 2.0 km in total. Most waters listed here for Manitoba are larger. The nearest place of any size is Thompson, 208 km away. Snow Lake lies 218 km off, Pelican Narrows another 233 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Ron Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. At Ron Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes. Shallow bays warm first and pull fish in early.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -26°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid usually goes in mid May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running mid May to early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Ron Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Pole Lake is 2.3 km off. What applies at Ron Lake may have changed since it was mapped.