Fishing at Cummings Lake, Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Cummings Lake is set in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia. It sits at 666 metres above sea level. At about 46 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 4.0 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Williams Lake is the closest place, 15 km off. Kamloops is the closest city, 194 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Cummings Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Cariboo Regional District, recorded fish include sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout and Coho salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Cummings Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -8°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early April. Average temperatures cross freezing around early April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Cummings Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Redeau Lake, 4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Cummings Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.