Barton Lake Fishing in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Barton Lake is a Thompson-Nicola Regional District water, British Columbia side. The land about it is lake country bush. A splashy cast here empties the swim; a quiet one owns it. Our Thompson-Nicola Regional District list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest place of any size is Cache Creek, 39 km away. Kamloops is the closest city, 103 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Barton Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Thompson-Nicola Regional District cover Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, rainbow trout and pink salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Barton Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 14°C at the top of summer and -7°C at the bottom of winter. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid April. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about mid November in a typical year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Barton Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Duck Lakes, 3.4 km out. What applies at Barton Lake may have changed since it was mapped.