Lake Winnipeg ice fishing

There is something about big water that attracts me. Maybe it’s the challenge of trying to find fish over a large area. Certainly it’s common knowledge that large bodies of water like Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnipeg grow big fish, another part of the equation. Still when you are trying to find fish [...]

Dip Netting and Seining Restrictions

General regulations on dip netting and seining can be found on earlier post. No dip netting or seining is allowed in any stocked trout waters. In Nopiming and Whiteshell Provincial Parks, and the Rennie River near Rennie, dip netting and seining for suckers and all species other than bait fish are prohibited year round. Some [...]

High Quality Management

High Quality Management Waters in the Southern Division are listed below. All have limits of 4 walleye/sauger, 4 pike and 2 smallmouth bass with the exception of that portion of the Winnipeg River described below in which the limit is 0 for small mouth bass. Echo Lake Shoe Lake Saddle Lake Side Saddle Lake Winnipeg [...]

Massive Manitoba lake lives up to reputation as one of North America's hottest new winter walleye destinations

SOMEWHERE ON LAKE WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Immersed in a shroud of fog and bouncing across the icy surface of a lake that now was covered with nearly a foot of water and slush, it occurred to me that someone who’d never icefished might find this whole experience a bit unsettling. It was hard to tell [...]

Outdoor beauty in Canada’s Manitoba

If you’re thinking about relocating to Manitoba, arguably one of Canada’s hidden treasures, you’ll want to learn what it’s like to live, work and play there. Manitoba boasts a relaxed lifestyle, with plenty of things to do for kids and adults, whether you choose to live in a Winnipeg home or out in the picturesque [...]

Gimli Manitoba's Inventor's Huge Chainsaw May Slay Ice Jams

A lot of things don’t cut ice with fishing folk up here but local inventor Mike Olyarnick isn’t one of them. Olyarnick invents ice-boring and ice-cut­ting equipment that has made him the toast of net fishers and winter road builders on Lake Winnipeg. Now, he’s set his sights on Red River flood-fighting. The invention is [...]

Heat wave continues, high of nine expected

WINNIPEG – The November heat wave continues. Sunshine and above-normal temperatures are in the forecast for the entire week. Environment Canada is calling for a high today of 9 C, with a low tonight of 1. More of the same is in the forecast for Tuesday. Environment Canada is predicting that the high will gradually [...]

Icy Lines in Manitoba

In Manitoba – there are still large areas by the Manitoba lakes – with areas of frigid temperature and lots and lots of snow and ice.  Its still ice fishing weather out there – that is until a real spring thaw thaws out that winter ice till the ice is not safe to travel on.  [...]

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