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Best yellow perch lakes in Manitoba

25 Manitoba waters hold yellow perch, 25 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.

1. Lake Winnipeg — 124 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
2. Lake Manitoba — 21 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
3. Little Limestone Lake — 33 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
4. Falcon Lake — 79 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
5. Wanipigow Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
6. St Andrew Lake — 13 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
7. Black Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
8. Bird Lake — 33 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike
9. Tooth Lake — 56 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
10. Mantagao Lake — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
11. Jessica Lake — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
12. Brereton Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie, Yellow Perch
13. Booster Lake — 39 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Burbot
14. Moose Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Rainbow Trout
15. Wellman Lake — 53 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
16. Singush Lake — 39 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge
17. Whitefish Lake — 59 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
18. Neso Lake — 39 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Burbot
19. Rice Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
20. Payuk Lake — 79 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
21. Russell Lake — 13 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
22. Star Lake — 23 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie
23. Cross Lake — 26 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
24. Elk Lake — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
25. Jenny Lake — 26 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch

When to fish yellow perch in Manitoba

• Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
• Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.

Also in Manitoba: best smallmouth bass lakes · best walleye lakes · best northern pike lakes · best lake whitefish lakes · best burbot lakes · best cisco (lake herring) lakes

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