Arnica Lake near Big Eddy: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Arnica Lake is a Regional District of North Okanagan water, British Columbia side. The country round it is mixed forest from end to end. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is high ground by British Columbia standards. Big Eddy lies 31 km from the water. Kelowna is the closest city, 123 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Arnica Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Regional District of North Okanagan names Coho salmon, sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, rainbow trout and brook trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Arnica Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 13°C; the cold one sits at -8°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Anyone fishing Arnica Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Two Moon Lake is 3.1 km off. None of that is settled for Arnica Lake in what we hold.