John Brown Lakes near Burns Lake: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  You will find John Brown Lakes in Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia. Everything around it is rolling bush. Surface area is around 15 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The edge runs 1.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. On size it sits at the modest end of our Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako list. Burns Lake at 20 km is the nearest place to stop. The nearest city of size is Kamloops, 546 km away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on John Brown Lakes

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako include sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, Chinook salmon, pink salmon and Chum salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At John Brown Lakes the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 13°C and January near -10°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That shapes the year on John Brown Lakes.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Anders Lake sits 9.7 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at John Brown Lakes may have changed since it was mapped.