Sulphide Lake Fishing Guide, Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Sulphide Lake is a Kelsey water, Manitoba side. The surface lies 315 metres up. The water covers some 55 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The perimeter runs near 6.7 km, so plan the walk before you start. The nearest place of any size is Snow Lake, 59 km away. Saskatoon is the closest city, 482 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Sulphide Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Kelsey: white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike, walleye and silver redhorse. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Sulphide Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -22°C for January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near early November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. At Sulphide Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Big Rat Lake at 1.9 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Sulphide Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.