Fishing at Colwood Lake, Capital Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Colwood Lake is a Capital Regional District water, in British Columbia. The sea is 2.6 km distant. The water measures roughly 2 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Capital Regional District are larger. Colwood lies 1 km from the water. Further out sit Langford (1.5 km) and Six Mile (2.6 km). No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Colwood Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Capital Regional District include Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, Chum salmon and walleye pollock. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Take Colwood Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 4°C and August at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter is a mild inconvenience here, nothing more. October and November give a second good stretch as it cools. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Colwood Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. A parking area is marked roughly 510 m out. Mapping shows a jetty some 1.4 km off. Public toilets are recorded roughly 840 m off. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Glen Lake at 2.7 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Colwood Lake as something to verify.