Spider Lake, Manitoba: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Manitoba entry here is Spider Lake, in Manitoba. The water sits 764 metres up. Surface area is around 40 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. There is roughly 3.9 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Manitoba listings. Swan River sits 67 km from the bank. Hudson Bay lies 68 km off, Preeceville another 120 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Spider Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read Spider Lake before you fish it and the day goes better. Read the water for ten minutes before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -19°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about early November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Spider Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Dirty Water Lake is 2.3 km distant. For Spider Lake in particular, ask before you travel.