Cottage-country walleye a short drive from Winnipeg.
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Where: South-eastern Manitoba
Size: about 22,300 acres (Winnipeg River reservoir)
Access: Drive-to, about 1½ hours from Winnipeg; cottages and launches.
Deepest: ?
Average depth: ?
Species to target: Walleye, northern pike
Walleye limit (US angler): 4; release over 45 cm
Typical ice-out: ?
Who else is on the water: ~1,300 seasonal homes in the area
Size (acres)
Sydney & Kilburn: about 17,570 (Sydney 14,240 with the Sturgeon River + Kilburn 3,330)
Lac du Bonnet: about 22,300 (Winnipeg River reservoir)
Boats on an average summer day
Sydney & Kilburn: 10
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Acres per boat
Sydney & Kilburn: 1,760
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Rough-water days a season
Sydney & Kilburn: 1.7 (Kilburn 0) ✓
Lac du Bonnet: 6
Sheltered water
Sydney & Kilburn: 75% ✓
Lac du Bonnet: 58%
Walleye a US angler may keep each day
Sydney & Kilburn: 2, both 18 in or under ✓
Lac du Bonnet: 4; release over 45 cm
Clearest summer water
Sydney & Kilburn: 26 ft
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Deepest spot
Sydney & Kilburn: 240 ft (Kilburn 213 ft)
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Cisco (tullibee)
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Whitefish
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Free of invasive smelt
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Mayfly mud flats
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Disturbances on or upstream (of 6)
Sydney & Kilburn: 0 ✓
Lac du Bonnet: 5
Typical ice-out
Sydney & Kilburn: about May 5
Lac du Bonnet: ?
Hours from Minneapolis
Sydney & Kilburn: 7 h drive + 0.5 h flight ✓
Lac du Bonnet: 9.5 h drive
Who else is on the water
Sydney & Kilburn: 1 lodge, 0 cottages
Lac du Bonnet: ~1,300 seasonal homes in the area
✓ marks the better value. ? means we couldn’t find accurate data or a close estimate. We’ve made every effort to be accurate, but some figures are estimates and there may be errors or gaps. How we measured
