Rooster Lake Fishing near Roblin, Manitoba

• Overview

  Rooster Lake lies in in Manitoba. This is taiga ground. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Manitoba are larger. Roblin at 25 km is the nearest place to stop. Beyond it, Kamsack at 52 km and Langenburg at 74 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Rooster Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. At Rooster Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes. Where the bottom hardens, fish tend to hold.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -20°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to early November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Rooster Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping flags this water as intermittent: it can be dry for part of the year, so check before travelling. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Torowski Lake is 1.5 km off. Check the current arrangement for Rooster Lake.