Hanner Lake Fishing in Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Hanner Lake is a Columbia-Shuswap Regional District water, British Columbia side. What surrounds it is lake country bush. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is a small entry by Columbia-Shuswap Regional District standards. Revelstoke is the closest town at 13 km. The big place round here is Kelowna, 165 km distant. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Hanner Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Columbia-Shuswap Regional District include sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, bull trout and brook trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. The shape of Hanner Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 14°C, with January the cold end at about -8°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Hanner Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Upper Jade Lake, 6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Hanner Lake should be assumed from this page alone.