Fishing Clear Lake in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, is where Clear Lake sits. Height above sea level is 975 metres. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Cariboo Regional District are larger. Supplies mean a trip to Williams Lake, 27 km off. Kamloops is the closest city, 211 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Clear Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Cariboo Regional District include sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout, Coho salmon and longnose sucker. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Clear Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 15°C for July and -10°C for January. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Clear Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Barnes Lake is 0.7 km distant. Treat access at Clear Lake as something to verify.