Wellar Lake near Cross Lake 19A: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Wellar Lake is set in Kelsey, Manitoba. Elevation runs to 206 metres. Roughly 1.64 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Some 5.6 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Manitoba listings. Cross Lake 19A at 24 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Winnipeg is 541 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Wellar Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for Kelsey list white sucker, johnny darter, northern pike and walleye. The county list is broader than any single water. On Wellar Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -24°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Wellar Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Greenaway Lake is 8.6 km off. For Wellar Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.