Sesep Rapids Fishing near Cross Lake 19A, Manitoba

• Overview

  Sesep Rapids belongs to Kelsey, Manitoba. Taiga runs right down to the water. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Manitoba listings. Cross Lake 19A is the closest place, 30 km off. For a city, Winnipeg is 552 km off. Also on the doorstep: 2.4 km away is Greenaway Lake, Baxter Lake sits 3 km out, 4.3 km away is Little Manitou Rapids, Duck Lake sits 6.6 km out and 9.6 km away is Scatch Lake. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Sesep Rapids

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Kelsey include white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike, walleye and silver redhorse. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. The shape of Sesep Rapids decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -24°C in January. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near early November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Time your trip to Sesep Rapids by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Greenaway Lake at 2.4 km is the sensible second choice. What applies at Sesep Rapids may have changed since it was mapped.