Windy Lake Fishing in Ethelbert, Manitoba

• Overview

  Out in Ethelbert, Manitoba, sits Windy Lake. It stands 781 metres above sea level. About 4 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Our Ethelbert list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to Swan River, 38 km away, for anything you forgot. Kamsack follows at 82 km, then Roblin at 83 km. If this one is busy: Kokot Lake at 0.5 km, Shiel Lake lies 0.9 km on, Guiboche Lake at 1.4 km, Moe Lake lies 1.4 km on and Zaste Lake at 1.8 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Windy Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Ethelbert, recorded fish include Iowa darter, yellow perch and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Anyone new to Windy Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -19°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Windy Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Kokot Lake, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Windy Lake.