This is what you can expect on this trail: The caches are approximately placed 2 to 4 miles apart and are usually no more than 500 feet from the highway. Cache containers are micros and larger. There will be a mix of container types and some will be winter friendly and some won't. For this reason there won't be a winter attribute at all because of snow levels on the sides of the roads in the winter will vary. Some of the caches will require you to walk thru ditches so depending on time of year and water levels rubber boots might be a good idea.
Fishing is a big part of Manitoba so we will be naming the caches on this leg of the trail after fish species that can be found here.
Channel Catfish:
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is North America's most numerous catfish species. Channel catfish are native to the Nearctic, being well distributed in lower Canada and the eastern and northern United States, as well as parts of northern Mexico. They have also been introduced into some waters of landlocked Europeand parts of Malaysia and almost as many parts of Indonesia.[3] They thrive in small and large rivers, reservoirs, natural lakes, and ponds. Channel "cats" are cavity nesters, meaning they lay their eggs in crevices, hollows, or debris, to protect them from swift currents.[4] In Canada, the species is largely, though not exclusively, limited to the Great Lakes watershed from Lake Nipigon southward. Channel catfish possess very keen senses of smell and taste.[citation needed] At the pits of their nostrils (nares) are very sensitive odor sensing organs with a very high concentration of olfactory receptors
