Lake Manitoba Narrows Walleye Northern Pike Ice Fishing
On April 2nd, 2010, ice mountains were roaring up the shores of the Lake Winnipeg threatening to destroy cottages and homes situated on its banks. This year fishers were urged to remove ice-fishing shacks early, by March 15th, from Lake Winnipeg and the Red River Basin by Water Stewardship so they didn’t sink. This may [...]
It had to be some of the most incredible ice fishing for big walleye that this province has ever seen. In both 2007 and 2008 first ice walleye fishing on the Red River north of Selkirk, MB was on fire. The editor of Hooked, Steven Wintemute in 2007, landed some 30 master angler walleye in [...]
Ice fishers in southern and central Manitoba are urged to remove ice shacks from the province’s lakes and rivers as soon as possible. Manitoba Conservation said the warm temperatures have caused unsafe conditions on the ice, and they are deteriorating faster than normal. The province has asked anyone venturing out on the ice to be [...]
Anglers are being encouraged to remove their fishing shacks from lakes and rivers in Manitoba. The province advised Thursday that all shacks should be removed from the ice in southern and central Manitoba as soon as possible, as long as it’s safe to do so. Normally shacks can remain until March 31, but mild temperatures [...]
A program designed to clean up the banks of the Red River could potentially run all winter if Operation Cleanup gets its way. Operation Cleanup, which runs from May to the end of October each year, hoists around 40,000 pounds of garbage from the banks of the Red River annually. Program founder Rob Belanger, who [...]
When it comes to ice fishing, the organizers of the Walleye Warrior 24 hour marathon go all out as a way of raising funds for Cancer Care Manitoba – Kids Fishing for a Cure and this past weekend on the frozen Red River, the Walleye Warrior Marathon raised $ 11,000 for Cancer Care Manitoba. For [...]
WINNIPEG — The Rural Municipality of St. Clements is mounting a campaign to have the province ban ice-fishing shacks from the Red River in a bid to end the mess left behind each spring. In a letter to Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick, the rural municipality north of Winnipeg says it’s seeking support from the [...]
WINNIPEG – The Rural Municipality of St. Clements is mounting a campaign to have the province ban ice-fishing shacks from the Red River in a bid to end the mess left behind each spring. In a letter to Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick, the rural municipality north of Winnipeg said it’s seeking support from the [...]
Manitoba Conservation officials seized 11 ice fishing shacks from the Red River on Wednesday morning. It’s part of a plan to help keep the river clean once spring arrives, officials say. Every ice shack must have a name, address and phone number written on it so conservation officials can identify the owner if they have [...]
