Salt Lake Fishing Guide, Wallace-Woodworth, Manitoba

• Overview

  In Manitoba, Salt Lake falls inside Wallace-Woodworth. The bank is 456 metres above sea level. The water covers some 20 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Virden sits 17 km from the bank. Winnipeg sits 255 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Neighbouring water: Cormacks Lake (9 km), Kenton Reservoir lies 11 km on, Whites Lake (11 km), Bars Lake lies 14 km on and Taylor Lake (17 km). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Salt Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Wallace-Woodworth cover stonecat. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Salt Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -17°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Salt Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This one is mapped as intermittent, so a wasted trip is a real risk in a dry year. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Cormacks Lake is 9 km distant. Confirm before you fish Salt Lake.