Alixton Lake in Cariboo Regional District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Alixton Lake sits in Cariboo Regional District, out in British Columbia. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. Around 68 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Bank access stretches around 3.6 km in total. You are 39 km from Williams Lake. Kamloops is the closest city, 177 km away. Not far off: Joes Lake at 8.3 km, Place Lake about 8.3 km, Mayfield Lake at 12 km, Alkali Lake about 12 km and Gulatch Lake at 14 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Alixton Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Cariboo Regional District include sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout, Coho salmon and longnose sucker. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Alixton Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 15°C and January at -9°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice-out usually falls in early April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Plan around that when you fish Alixton Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Joes Lake is 8.3 km off. Ask locally about Alixton Lake if anything is unclear.