Cisco ice fishing in Canada

Cisco school in open water and take tiny spoons and jigs; they are also a favourite baitfish for lake trout and pike.

This is general guidance for the species, not advice for any one lake. Check the regulations for the lake you fish: limits, size rules and closures vary by lake.

Lakes where cisco are recorded

140 lakes on this site have cisco on record. A lake without a record may still hold them: records come from hand-researched lists, British Columbia fish observations and Ontario stocking data, and are not complete. The largest lakes in each province are listed first.

Manitoba

Cisco ice fishing in Manitoba: all lakes on record

• Lake Winnipeg, 23,900 km², near Arborg
• Lake Winnipegosis, 5,040 km², near Camperville
• Cedar Lake (MB), 2,500 km², near The Pas
• Southern Indian Lake, 2,310 km², near Thompson
• Nueltin Lake, 1,920 km², near Arviat
• Gods Lake, 1,020 km², near Gods River
• Playgreen Lake, 760 km², near Norway House
• Lake Dauphin, 516 km², near Dauphin
• Sipiwesk Lake, 514 km², near Cross Lake 19A
• Molson Lake, 395 km², near Norway House
• Kiskittogisu Lake, 359 km², near Norway House
• Cormorant Lake, 339 km², near Cranberry Portage
• Lake St. Martin, 331 km², near Winnipegosis
• Stephens Lake, 317 km², near Gillam
• Nejanilini Lake, 291 km², near Churchill
• Cross Lake (MB), 286 km², near Cross Lake 19A
• Clearwater Lake (MB), 284 km², near The Pas
• Split Lake, 281 km², near Gillam
• Kississing Lake, 277 km², near Flin Flon
• Athapapuskow Lake, 256 km², near Creighton
• Big Sand Lake, 248 km², near Thompson
• Reed Lake, 190 km², near Snow Lake
• Kiskitto Lake, 175 km², near Norway House
• Wekusko Lake, 175 km², near Snow Lake
• Waterhen Lake, 160 km², near Camperville

Ontario

• Lake of the Woods, 3,470 km², near Moose Lake

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