Suwannee Lake, Manitoba: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Within Manitoba, you have Suwannee Lake. The country round it is boreal forest from end to end. Surface area runs to some 49.87 sq km, so a boat and a plan are both worth having. At about 60 km of edge, most people fish a single area and learn it well. It ranks high for size among our Manitoba listings. Some 139 km away sits Snow Lake, the nearest settlement. Thompson is 150 km away, with Flin Flon at 186 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Suwannee Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On Suwannee Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -25°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice-out usually falls in mid May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about mid May to early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Suwannee Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. 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. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Costello Lake sits 9.6 km off and takes the overflow. Signs at Suwannee Lake carry more weight than any list.