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

• Overview

  Set in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, this is Enterprise Lake. Around the bank it is pine and birch. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Cariboo Regional District list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, 108 Mile Ranch is 14 km out. Beyond it, 100 Mile House at 21 km and Williams Lake at 60 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Enterprise Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Cariboo Regional District, recorded fish include sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon and bull trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. The shape of Enterprise Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 15°C, with January the cold end at about -8°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Break-up sits around early April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Enterprise Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Cambyses Lake is 1.2 km distant. Where Enterprise Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.