Third Lake Fishing in Rossburn, Manitoba

• Overview

  You will find Third Lake in Rossburn, Manitoba. The bank is 576 metres above sea level. At about 17 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 1.5 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Most waters listed here for Rossburn are larger. Start from Dauphin, 55 km down the road. Winnipeg sits 243 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Third Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Rossburn names northern pike, Iowa darter, white sucker, rainbow trout and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Third Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Time your trip to Third Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Some banks are open only from a marked point. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Second Lake at 0.5 km is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for Third Lake.