Fishing Stonehouse Lake in Alexander, Manitoba

• Overview

  Stonehouse Lake is set in Alexander, Manitoba. Height above sea level is 310 metres. Surface area runs to roughly 2.75 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. Some 38 km of shoreline means conditions can differ from one end to the other. It ranks high for size among our Alexander listings. 111 km away sits Red Lake, the nearest town. Winnipeg sits 203 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Stonehouse Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Alexander cover smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Stonehouse Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -20°C to 18°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Anyone fishing Stonehouse Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Bushey Lake is 5.9 km distant. Treat Stonehouse Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.