Crazy Lake in Cariboo Regional District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Crazy Lake is a Cariboo Regional District water, British Columbia side. The surroundings are rolling bush. It runs to roughly 26 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline comes to about 2.6 km, small enough to learn in a day. For supplies, Williams Lake is 37 km out. Kamloops sits 213 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Crazy Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Cariboo Regional District cover sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout, Coho salmon and longnose sucker. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Crazy Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -7°C in January to roughly 15°C in July. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The lid tends to go about early April and return around late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Crazy Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Cook Lake at 2.8 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Crazy Lake for certain.