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The hot weather has lakes full of algae and weeds. You could try Souris dam.

they will not be biting right now.

Is probably your best and safest place to catch fish today!

Brenda.. said "they will not be biting right now. "

You know this to be the case?

tlr said "    Brenda.. said "they will not be biting right now. " You know this to be the case? "

at Lake of the Prairies, no one is catching and we just spent a week up there in our usual spots along with all the other fisherman we know.  
 
We caught one keeper in a week, in deep water.  
 
 
So, no, I only know this to be the case at Lake of the Prairies - happy now.

Went to minnedosa and was skunked unless it’s cool out the fish are trying to stay cool like the rest of us

Its funny how people are saying its too hot too catch pickerel but in fact i have gone out 3 days in the past week and caught my limit but you and i both know that a good fishermen never tells his spot

Cdnkid14 said "Its funny how people are saying its too hot too catch pickerel but in fact i have gone out 3 days in the past week and caught my limit but you and i both know that a good fishermen never tells his spot "

When one states they have caught their limit that usually means they kept the fish. There is no limit on catching. And if you have gone out 3 times in the past week catching and keeping your limit unless you have ate a lot of fish this week you would be over your possession limit. I am hoping a good fisherman would not be over their possession limit either.

I know I shouldn't say this, but sometimes I just can't help myself, so here goes.  
Some of the greatest stories I have heard have come from people who fish, most of them are pretty entertaining.

Fish are programmed to do 3 things in their pea sized brain , Feed, F#@k and flee. No matter what conditions a fish will never ever pass up a meal. Sometimes it will swim 6 feet for it maybe it will only swim 6 inches.  
 
Usually after a length of heat the fish will move to deeper and cooler water, If fishing in water deeper then 26-30 feet fish will suffer baratrauma. So basically you have to keep every fish you catch since they cant be released because they will just go belly up and die,

I am thankful my grandpa and father taught me how to fish when I was young, it's great to see people talking about fishing. All I can share is what I know: pickerel rigs and a lawn chair at the assinaboine river( don't forget to buy weights!), spinner and bottom bouncer if you like to cast, we've caught walleye over the years on nothing but a yellow 5 of diamond spoon, or a jig head with a flashy color gummy on the end. If they are biting, they should bite... as for bait: frozen minnows, worms, leeches, beef heart. My 26 years of fishing lake of the prairies, this is all we use. The post above makes perfect sense, you can only keep 4 per adult, within the slot limit of roughly above 14" to 18" max. Pick up a 2018 fishing book at your local gas station. As for a fish going belly up once caught, I can't say I've ever seen this unless the fish was cut or bleeding very badly. In Ontario they have to either kill the fish and keep it or else throw it back immediately, in mantona we can still keep a live fish and throw it back if we catch a "better" one. I mean, common sense plays a big roll, respect any fish, be gentle with them, do not abuse or polute a fish. As for depths- 6 ft to 25 ft of water, in my opinion anyways. I agree with warm water that they do go deeper. Wind direction is a factor, head to a shore line where the wind is coming in at you, food will be blowing in underwater in that direction, churning up the bottoms of the lake and making them lively! The worst, windiest days with white caps were the days we used to go out on the boat and have a walleye each and every cast almost! That's not a "fishing story". Hope a beginner can get something out of this!! Good luck! Keep fishing!

Brenda.. said "    tlr said "    Brenda.. said "they will not be biting right now. " You know this to be the case? " at Lake of the Prairies, no one is catching and we just spent a week up there in our usual spots along with all the other fisherman we know.     We caught one keeper in a week, in deep water.       So, no, I only know this to be the case at Lake of the Prairies - happy now. "

Thanks for clarifying you had no luck, others are however.

tlr said "    Brenda.. said "    tlr said "    Brenda.. said "they will not be biting right now. " You know this to be the case? " at Lake of the Prairies, no one is catching and we just spent a week up there in our usual spots along with all the other fisherman we know.     We caught one keeper in a week, in deep water.       So, no, I only know this to be the case at Lake of the Prairies - happy now. " Thanks for clarifying you had no luck, others are however. "

More knowledge than you will ever know.  
 
Also, more considerate that you will ever know.  
 
Edited by Brenda.., 2018-08-13 11:56:13

We were at Lake of the Prairies last week and had several days of decent fishing. Mostly 10-12”ers. Had to travel up and down the lake somewhat, but did manage to find them. To clarify, early morning and evenings we caught. Didn’t even try the days as I agree, it was just too hot for the fish to bite. Happy fishing wherever you go!