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Ice fishing lightning lake, manning park

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maxkiddsbrodie:
Hey all, just curious if anyone has experience ice fishing rainbows at lightning lake? What lures/ bait do you recommend… and any other tips you have are much appreciated.
Thanks

SuperBobby:
10 inches is considered a big fish there.
Great for kids. The key is to stay away on the busy weekends. It can be hard to find shoreline to cast a fly with all the sunbathers and kids doing 'beach' things.
The fish are not picky. Sight fishing can be really fun for the kids as quite often they can see the fish come to their offering. June is a great month.

maxkiddsbrodie:
Thank you, i definitely want to head there for a weekend in the summer but i was planning on doing a day trip there in the next week or so to do some ice fishing. Any tips for that? Thanks

RalphH:
Can't tell you anything about the ice fishing there but having been up there last summer my impression was the lake suffered a substantial partial winter kill last winter.

DragonSpeed:

--- Quote from: maxkiddsbrodie on March 17, 2024, 09:28:12 PM ---Thank you, i definitely want to head there for a weekend in the summer but i was planning on doing a day trip there in the next week or so to do some ice fishing. Any tips for that? Thanks

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It was 10C at the lake, yesterday.  I'm not sure how comfy I'd be on that ice.

You probably would have success with deli shrimp or worms.  I caught a little one off of lone duck campground using a hand line and bit of raw bacon a few years back.

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