Lake Winnipeg 2014

[lungdeflator]

Planning my first trip up there early march this year. Any tips from those that have gone?

[EBass]

My buddy who's been there a couple of times used a gold hali spoon, but the metal chain dropper broke on a pig walter.

Take off the chain dropper and put a strong "O" ring and a sharp treble hook. Good luck!

[Jason Hamilton]

Bring 2 auger extensions! Right now its borderline getting through without one.

I've been having good success on lipless cranks, blades and small compact spoons (think clam blade) with a minnow head.

No place for light hooks and connections. Could be a record on every drop.

Travel is rough without a sled or tracks.

[walleye 4 me]

Hoping to get up there in march also. Where do most people fish late ice, closer to the river? Probably staying in selkirk, where is the closest access? will be using snowmobiles. thanks

[Team_Crush]

Been fishing up there for years now. I have gone out of chalet beach as well as the streams on the east side by the casino. Also if you ride north of the casnio on sleds you can pick up a trailer that runs to the lake . Dont be afraid of jigging nonstop in 2 to 3 foot jerks. Get those rattles ripping all day long. I swear it calls them in. Once u mark then u can slow the jigging down to get them to hit or if fishing in pairs one man rippes with loud rattles other works smaller rattleless jig. Try it all

Team crush. Shoot me an e mail if u want more info I will b up for the last week in march.

[cam white]

You had better have reservations already... The casino is booked for march, Selkirk only has one hotel!

[lungdeflator]

How deep is the snow up there?

[Canuck]

Enough snow that you will have to use tracked quads or sleds. Do NOT even think of using a quad with wheels. Lake Wpg is not like the Lake of the Woods as there are NO cleared roads for vehicles. By March hopefully some of the snow on the lake will have melted but also hopefully not like a couple of years ago when we lost the last 2 wks of march due to a warm spell. I would NOT wait until March. Jason Hamilton who has posted on this thread before is extremely knowledgeable on the bite. I only live a 1/2 hr south of the point where I jump off on the lake and get out as much as I can. As Jason says don't leave your entensionS and I mean plural at home. I have one on right now and the 2nd one is in my bag. It all depends if I am in snow or not. Lots of big fish are showing up and you can't catch them sitting on the couch at home.

[lungdeflator]

Can't wait. It's going to be a 5 hr drive for me, but should be worth it.