Fishing Enright Lake in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Enright Lake stands in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia. Height above sea level is 1,128 metres. Roughly 25 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The bank runs about 2.1 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. The nearest place of any size is Barrière, 52 km away. The nearest city of size is Kamloops, 68 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Enright Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Thompson-Nicola Regional District: Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, Coho salmon and rainbow trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Enright Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 14°C for August and -8°C for January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Enright Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Vidette Lake at 3.5 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Enright Lake for certain.