Bowron Lake Fishing in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Bowron Lake is a Cariboo Regional District water, British Columbia side. What surrounds it is lake country bush. You have roughly 29 km of edge to choose from, which rewards a scouting trip. On our Cariboo Regional District list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Quesnel, 80 km away. Kamloops sits 294 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Bowron Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Cariboo Regional District records list sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout, Coho salmon and longnose sucker among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Bowron Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -8°C to 14°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Bowron Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Kibbee Lake, 4 km away. For Bowron Lake in particular, ask before you travel.