Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba (January 11, 2025)

We’ve started out with easy truck access on Lake Winnipeg,  easy to navigate by 4×4 truck but due to the windstorm at freeze up ice is very dirty and very bumpy making for very rough travel.

Bring spare auger blades and expected a bumpy ride regardless of your mode of transportation.

Fishing has been excellent. That huge 25″ year class  we saw last year have put on another inch or so and were are seeing lots of 26″ers and a higher number of 27er’s

28″ Masters are relatively the same as last year and we’ve seen good numbers of 30″ plus fish hit the ice.

As far as lures, both big and small spoons have been working well as have rattle baits depending on the day. I have not see one strong stand out pattern or color as of yet but I have caught a lot of good fish on Pelicans 3.25 inch wonder bread pattern flutter spoons and well as the smaller flash bombs in both wonderbread and pink patterns

It’s gonna be a great year.

Donovan Pearase
Blackwater Cats

Golden Shiner Rattlebait

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