Garner Lake
One lake, 2 charted basins — combined figures below.
Walleye opens Sat, May 9 — it lies 73 km northeast of Powerview-Pine Falls, and a charted depth map is on file.
Garner Lake is the 66th-largest of 1,988 named lakes in Southern Manitoba, with 28 miles of charted shoreline and 28 islands.
Manitoba Fisheries · Waterbody Data
Fish species
Also present: Burbot, Cisco, Splake, White Sucker
Stocked: Lake Trout, Splake (most recently 2024).
Historically recorded gamefish (Manitoba Fisheries, Waterbody Data) — not a survey.
On this water
Lodges & operators 0
No lodge is based on Garner Lake itself. These are the closest that are — each on its own water, with the straight-line distance from here.
- Atikaki Wallace Lake Lodge & Outposts✓ Verifiedlodgedrive-tofly-inhousekeeping15 mi away
Home water: Wallace Lake
A family-run drive-to lodge on Wallace Lake, 19 km east of Bissett at the last road-accessible entry into Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park, offering three light-housekeeping cabins for up to 16 guests on walleye, pike and perch water with access through to Siderock Lake. It also runs four fly-in housekeeping outpost cabins (Carroll, Craven and Obukowin lakes and the Gammon River) plus a Tam Guy Lake boat cache, flown from a Lac du Bonnet float base, and sells guided spring black bear and fall moose hunts.
- Gammon River East Outcamps Inc.✓ Verifiedcampfly-inhousekeeping22 mi away
A single fly-in outcamp occupying a private island inside Atikaki Provincial Park in eastern Manitoba, reached by a 30-minute floatplane hop from Blue Water Aviation at Silver Falls, about 30 km north of Lac du Bonnet. One group at a time rents the fully equipped three-bedroom camp to itself and fishes the Gammon River system unguided for walleye and northern pike; accommodation for resident moose hunters is also offered.
- Big Woods Wilderness Outfitters✓ Verifiedoutfitterdrive-toamerican25 mi away
Home water: Bird Lake
A guided big-game outfitter working roughly 2,400 square miles in and around Nopiming Provincial Park in southeastern Manitoba, about 110 miles northeast of Winnipeg along the Ontario border. It runs Monday-to-Friday whitetail deer hunts across the archery, muzzleloader and rifle seasons plus spring and fall baited black bear hunts, with a timber wolf hunt included on a deer licence; hunters drive in on maintained roads and stay two to a heated cabin above Bird Lake with all meals and guides included.
- Aikens Lake Wilderness Lodge✓ Verifiedlodgefly-inamerican · housekeeping27 mi away
Home water: Aikens Lake
A fly-in fishing lodge operating since 1949 on Aikens Lake inside Atikaki Provincial Park in eastern Manitoba, reached by van from Winnipeg to Silver Falls and then float plane. Three tiers of stay - a fully guided, all-meals main lodge, the catered Great Gray Owl mini-lodge, and the do-it-yourself Lost Lake Outpost - on water known for trophy walleye and northern pike.
2026 regulations
Seasons & limitsSouthern Division
Ice-out here is typically early May (modeled from regional ice records).
| Species | Season | Possession limit | Size restriction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burbot | Open year-round | 6 | None may exceed 70 cm |
| Lake Trout | November 1 to and including September 14 | 1 | None may exceed 65 cm |
| Lake Whitefish | Open year-round | 10 | — |
| Northern Pike (Jackfish) | Open year-round | 4 | None may exceed 75 cm |
| Stocked Brook, Brown, & Rainbow Trout; Splake & other Trout hybrids; & Arctic Char (any species or combination) | Open year-round | 3 | Only one may exceed 45 cm; None may exceed 60 cm |
| Walleye (Pickerel) & Sauger (either or combined) | May 9, 2026 to and including April 4, 2027 | 4 | None may exceed 55 cm |
Division seasons and provincial limits transcribed from the Manitoba Anglers' Guide 2026 (in force April 1, 2026), shown for this lake's species. The guide is itself a summary — the regulations in force, not necessarily those in the guide, apply. Waters can carry their own rules; confirm with the official guide (PDF) before you fish — and with the current publications page if a newer edition is out.
Manitoba stocking records
Stocking history
Fish stocking recorded for this water by Manitoba's Fisheries Branch.
| Year | Species | Fish stocked |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lake Trout | 5,500 |
| 2021 | Lake Trout | 5,000 |
| 1985 | Lake Trout | 68,000 |
| 1984 | Lake Trout | 51,360 |
| 1983 | Lake Trout | 46,000 |
| 1982 | Lake Trout | 20,000 |
| 1981 | Lake Trout | 9,000 |
| 1975 | Lake Trout | 20,000 |
| 1974 | Lake Trout | 20,000 |
| 1973 | Splake | 3,000 |
| 1972 | Splake | 5,000 |
| 1971 | Splake | 5,000 |
Comparable trips
Similar water
Same region, overlapping species, comparable size.
- Eaglenest Lake8 shared species · 12,010 ac
- Whitefish Lake7 shared species · 1,711 ac
- Davidson Lake7 shared species · 377 ac
- Quesnel Lake6 shared species · 2,217 ac
- Childs Lake6 shared species · 2,078 ac
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