Bacon Lake Fishing in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Cariboo Regional District in British Columbia is where Bacon Lake sits. The bank gives way to pine and birch. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Cariboo Regional District list. Williams Lake lies 35 km from the water. The nearest city of size is Kamloops, 223 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Bacon Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Cariboo Regional District list sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon and bull trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Bacon Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 15°C at the top of summer and -8°C at the bottom of winter. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early April. Averages place the thaw at early April and the freeze at late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Expect Bacon Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Patton Lake sits 1.3 km off and takes the overflow. Signs at Bacon Lake carry more weight than any list.