Bellelliot Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Bellelliot Lake is a Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako water, British Columbia side. This is pine and birch ground. About 4 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is a small entry by Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako standards. For a base, Houston sits 40 km out. The big place round here is Kamloops, 572 km distant. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Bellelliot Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. 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. Across Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, recorded fish include sockeye salmon, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Bellelliot Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 14°C in July and bottoms out near -9°C in January. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Bellelliot Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. 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. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Park Lake at 1.5 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Bellelliot Lake for certain.