Barsby Lake in Regional District of Nanaimo: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Barsby Lake in Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia. Salt water lies 11 km off. At 3 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Regional District of Nanaimo list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, East Wellington sits 9.7 km out. Beyond it, Harewood at 11 km and South End at 12 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Barsby Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Species logged across Regional District of Nanaimo include rainbow trout, Coho salmon, Chum salmon and Chinook salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Barsby Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and 2°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze here is occasional rather than annual. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. The season on Barsby Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. A ramp at Barsby Lake Canoe Launch is mapped 50 m away. You can camp about 90 m away, going by the mapping. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lucid Lake is 4.8 km distant. Treat access at Barsby Lake as something to verify.