Dull, settled light over the water, with a faint NW drift and steady pressure. Give any hard bottom among the soft the first hour at Tadoule Lake. Save your energy for the evening. Change depth before you change anything else. Cold hands, careful casts: precision is everything today.
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Tadoule Lake falls in in Manitoba. Land around it is northern bush. Thompson sits 319 km from the bank. Saskatoon is the closest city, 890 km away. Nearby, in order: Shethanei Lake a touch under 37 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off. The surroundings are ordinary; the fishing is the reason to come. It rewards a look round before the first cast.
The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. At Tadoule Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does. Wind decides which bank is worth your time on the day.
Seasonal averages run from -26°C in January up to 14°C in July. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Count the season from break-up, usually early June. Averages place the thaw at early June and the freeze at late October. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Tadoule Lake fishes to that pattern most years.
Access status is simply unknown for this water. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Shethanei Lake is 37 km distant. Where Tadoule Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.
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| 13.7 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 9.4 |
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| 85 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 84 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 86 |
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