Talon Lake Fishing Guide, Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Manitoba holds Talon Lake, in Manitoba. The water sits 370 metres up. Roughly 1.75 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The margin runs to about 23 km in total. 168 km away sits Pelican Narrows, the nearest town. For a city, Saskatoon is 583 km off. Other water nearby: Little Tod Lake (5.5 km), Tod Lake 7.5 km, Gneiss Lake (7.7 km), McWhirter Lake 8 km and Sahaluk Lake (10 km). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Talon Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Talon Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics. Fresh water, on the record we hold.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -25°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. 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. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Talon Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what 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. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Little Tod Lake at 5.5 km is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish Talon Lake.