Ban aims to reduce risk of aquatic invasive species and fish diseases. Frogs, nightcrawlers and frozen bait still allowed.

Conditions make for challenging access, says Rick Gergatz, administrator of the Lake Winnipeg Report Facebook page.

Manitoba residents know its thousand-plus miles ... a separate Icelandic nation called New Iceland until 1887. Anglers fishing for walleye and perch, sun-worshippers seeking Caribbean-like powder ...