Fishing Kloakut Lake in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Kloakut Lake lies in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia. The bank gives way to rolling bush. At some 1.11 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. The edge runs 4.9 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. By elevation it is in the upper part of our British Columbia listings. The closest town, Hanceville, is 43 km away. For a city, Kamloops is 239 km off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Kloakut Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout, Coho salmon and longnose sucker. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Kloakut Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 12°C, the coldest about -9°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. On Kloakut Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Willan Lake sits 13 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Kloakut Lake in what we hold.