How to fish
Lake Trout
Deep, cold shield lakes in northern Manitoba — Lake Athapapuskow, Clearwater, the Cranberry Chain, Wekusko and Kississing — hold some of the biggest lake trout anywhere, and they're very catchable through the ice.
🎣 Find lake trout lakesTechniques
- ▸Jigging heavy tubes, jigs and spoons on deep structure
- ▸Dead sticking with ciscos on points or saddles
- ▸Trolling deep with downriggers or lead-core line in summer
- ▸Casting bucktail jigs in shallow water during spring and fall
Baits & lures
- ▸Tubes and jigging plastics
- ▸Heavy spoons
- ▸Jigging Rap-style baits
- ▸Ciscos (dead bait)
- ▸Deep-diving crankbaits
- ▸Bucktail jigs
Best seasons
Winter through the ice; late August to early September when big females move onto shallow rocky reefs for the fall spawn; early spring when trout ride higher in the water column.
Where to catch lake trout
Showing 11 of 11 lakes on the map.
Big Sand Lake
Northern
Clearwater Lake
Northern
Gods Lake
Northern
High Lake
Eastern
Kississing Lake
Northern
Lake Athapapuskow
Northern
Lake of the Woods (Manitoba portion)
Eastern
Laurie Lake
Northern
Nueltin Lake
Northern
Reed Lake
Northern
Schist Lake
Northern
Wekusko Lake
Northern
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