Kemp Lake Fishing in Capital Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Kemp Lake is a Capital Regional District water, British Columbia side. The sea is 1.8 km distant. Surface area is around 25 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 2.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Few waters listed in Capital Regional District are bigger. Sooke is the closest town at 4 km. For a city, Victoria is 32 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Kemp Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Capital Regional District names Chinook salmon, Coho salmon and Chum salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Kemp Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 16°C and January at 3°C. Mild ends to the year keep the season long. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. Plan around that when you fish Kemp Lake. Wind on the bank for a day or two lifts the fishing there.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. A slipway 210 m out gives trailer access. There are toilets 230 m off. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Poirier Lake sits 1.9 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Kemp Lake before loading the car.