Fishing Wrays Lake in Argyle, Manitoba

• Overview

  The Argyle entry here is Wrays Lake, in Manitoba. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. With some 28 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The shape is regular, which means fewer obvious ambush corners. For a base, Killarney sits 36 km out. Winnipeg sits 163 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Wrays Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Argyle cover black bullhead, northern pike, johnny darter, rock bass and tadpole madtom. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Work Wrays Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -17°C in January to roughly 19°C in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. On Wrays Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Bottomless Lake is 2.8 km distant. The position on Wrays Lake is worth confirming on the day.