Wapu Lake Fishing Guide, Kelsey, Manitoba

• Overview

  Kelsey, Manitoba, is where Wapu Lake sits. The bank is 294 metres above sea level. With some 44 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 3.9 km of margin, front to back. For a base, Snow Lake sits 62 km out. Flin Flon is 73 km and Creighton 76 km. Near neighbours: Elken Lake at 2.3 km, Star Lake within 2.8 km, Nokomis Lake at 5.4 km, Gohl Lake within 6 km and Hutchinson Lake at 6.2 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Wapu Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Kelsey names white sucker, johnny darter and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Wapu Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -23°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. From about early May to around early November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Wapu Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Elken Lake, 2.3 km away. The position on Wapu Lake is worth confirming on the day.