Tea Lake Fishing Guide, McCreary, Manitoba

• Overview

  Tea Lake is one of the McCreary waters in Manitoba. Height above sea level is 685 metres. The water covers some 11 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Around 1.3 km of margin, front to back. On size it sits at the modest end of our McCreary list. Supplies mean a trip to Dauphin, 47 km off. Then Minnedosa, 57 km, and Neepawa, 63 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Tea 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. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across McCreary: white sucker, northern pike, Iowa darter and johnny darter. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Tea Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -19°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on Tea Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Boviert Lake is 3.5 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Tea Lake.