How to fish

Rainbow Trout

Manitoba stocks rainbows in lakes like Footprint Lake and throughout the Whiteshell, giving shore and ice anglers fun, hard-fighting trout close to home.

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Techniques

▸Still fishing with a small jig and nightcrawler a foot or two off bottom
▸Casting small spoons and spinners
▸Fly fishing with streamers and leech patterns in fall

Baits & lures

▸Small jigs
▸Nightcrawlers
▸Deli shrimp
▸Small spoons and spinners
▸Woolly buggers

Best seasons

Fall, when stocked trout feed aggressively on shallow weed flats; winter through the ice; spring after ice-out.

Where to catch rainbow trout

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Lake Athapapuskow

Northern

Beautiful Lake

Western

Bower Lake

Southern

East Blue Lake

Western

East Goose Lake

Western

Gull Lake

Western

Hunt Lake

Eastern

Laurie Lake

Western

Lyons Lake

Eastern

Patterson Lake

Western

Persse Lake

Western

Tokaryk Lake

Western

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