'Anglers always think March is the best time to ice fish Lake Winnipeg,' says Pearase. And we eat like kings, out on the ice, with some of the best barbeque in Manitoba.'īeing properly prepared to conquer the inland sea in pursuit of 34-inch walleyes topping 16-pounds, highlights something else that Pearase and Longley say is important. I have big Eskimo ice fishing shelters, including the new Outbreak 450i with propane heaters to keep you warm. We fish from dawn until dark unless you want to start later or come in earlier. And it is not a 9:00 to 5:00 fishing trip, either. 'There is no where we can't go, in any weather condition. 'The minute you step into my one-of-a-kind Ice Ridge Reaper track van, you know it's game on,' says Longley.

Longley, too, is marvelously able to conquer every condition Lake Winnipeg throws at him. No group is the same and we run trips for every level of experience.'

'Most groups, especially regulars, realize that the better equipped and more mobile we are, the better we can put them on fish. 'We guide out of well equipped, heavy duty, four-wheel drive trucks and use top of the line portable shelters with propane heaters,' says Pearase. As a matter of fact, more trophy-size walleyes are iced on Lake Winnipeg in a typical winter weekend, than as in most northern states in a year. More 8-, 9- and 10-pound plus walleyes are caught in this massive lake on any given Saturday or Sunday in the winter, than are landed in almost any other lake in North America over the entire season. The foundation for this proposition starts with Lake Winnipeg, the 12th largest lake in the world and the third largest lake entirely within a country with more than two million bodies of water. The province that sits smack dab in the center of Canada - Canada's Heartbeat - is where you go to catch the biggest and the most fish in the winter. So, let me say this: Manitoba is the ice fishing capital of the world - no ifs, ands or buts about it. I mean, how many walleye, bass or musky capitals can you have? It is even worse when the locale lay claims to something fishy. Have you ever noticed that every town, village, hamlet, city, state, province and country seems to be the world capital of one thing or another? From possessing the biggest ball of thread to being the hottest, coldest, wettest or driest place on Earth.

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