Smallfish Lake Fishing in Manitoba, Manitoba

• Overview

  Set in Manitoba, Smallfish Lake is a Manitoba water. What surrounds it is northern bush. It measures some 2.38 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. Some 10 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Manitoba listings. Start from Swan River, 42 km down the road. Hudson Bay follows at 70 km, then Preeceville at 86 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Smallfish 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. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. At Smallfish Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach. Keep back from the edge where the water runs clear.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -19°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from early May until about early November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Smallfish Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. You can camp about 960 m away, going by the mapping. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Pickerel Lake, 7.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Smallfish Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.