Fishing South Boot Lake in Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  South Boot Lake is one of the Manitoba listings for Manitoba. This is spruce and muskeg ground. At roughly 5 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Manitoba. Swan River lies 36 km from the water. Hudson Bay is 79 km away, with Preeceville at 96 km. Round about: Sock Lake within 2.6 km, Halls Lake at 3.5 km, North Mud Lake within 3.7 km, Rat Lake at 4.5 km and Otter Lake within 5 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on South Boot Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. 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. South Boot Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance. Keep your shadow off the water when the bank is high.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near early May and comes back about early November in a typical year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. South Boot Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Sock Lake is 2.6 km off. Where South Boot Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.