Fishing Hazel Lake in Central Coast Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Hazel Lake is one of the Central Coast Regional District waters in British Columbia. Land around it is rolling hill. Surface area is around 23 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 2.5 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Most waters listed here for Central Coast Regional District are larger. You are 57 km from Port Hardy. Port McNeill is 71 km and Bella Bella 120 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Hazel Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Central Coast Regional District list Chum salmon, pink salmon, Coho salmon and sockeye salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Hazel Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 14°C, while January sits near 2°C. A lid forms in a hard winter only. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. The season on Hazel Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Tiny Lake, 7.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Hazel Lake may have changed since it was mapped.