Culaea inconstans in delta Area, Lake Manitoba matures in the second summer of life, when between 29 and 65 mm in total length and one year of age. Spawning starts at the end of May after migration into the creeks and channels in the marsh. By June 11-12 the yearlings are under 20 mm in total length. The greatest part of growth is completed in the first summer of life. The asymptotic or average maximum length, L, was 89.06 mm. Aging of fish was done by reading otoliths and plotting length frequency histograms. Fish set the first ring, a false check, in otoliths within the first month of life and the annual ring is set by the adults on June 1 of the second summer of life. Culaea inconstans was generally found to be an annual fish which died after spawning in the second summer of life. A high positive correlation coefficient was found for body-otolith relationship. The length-weight regression lines were significantly different from one another and from zero, the F-value being significant at 1% level. The condition factor was found to be variable.