Humamilt Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Humamilt Lake is a Columbia-Shuswap Regional District water, British Columbia side. The country here is mixed forest. This is sizeable water at about 4.51 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. It ranks high for size among our Columbia-Shuswap Regional District listings. Start from Blind Bay, 49 km down the road. Kamloops sits 109 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Humamilt Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Columbia-Shuswap Regional District names sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, bull trout, brook trout and rainbow trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Humamilt Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 15°C in August and bottom out at -8°C in January. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Humamilt Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Stukemapten Lake is 8.8 km distant. What applies at Humamilt Lake may have changed since it was mapped.