Dennis Lake Fishing near Chase, British Columbia

• Overview

  Dennis Lake sits in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, out in British Columbia. Elevation runs to 1,196 metres. Surface area runs to about 9 hectares — small enough to read in one session. With about 1.2 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Start from Chase, 7.9 km down the road. After that come Sun Peaks at 9.6 km and Pritchard at 16 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Dennis Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Thompson-Nicola Regional District names Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and Coho salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Dennis Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 17°C and January at -7°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Once it clears, about early April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up near early April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Dennis Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is camping recorded roughly 210 m off. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, McGillivray Lake is 4.1 km off. For Dennis Lake in particular, ask before you travel.