Lake La Mare, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lake La Mare in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia. Everything around it is lake country bush. You are 38 km from Lillooet. It is 143 km to Kamloops, the nearest city. Water in the same corner: Burkholder Lake about 4.6 km, Serpentine Lake a shade over 5.3 km, Carpenter Lake about 19 km, Marshall Lake a shade over 19 km and Keary Lake about 22 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lake La Mare

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Squamish-Lillooet Regional District list Coho salmon, sockeye salmon, rainbow trout, Chinook salmon and Chum salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Anyone new to Lake La Mare should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 14°C for August and -7°C for January. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Anyone fishing Lake La Mare regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. A campsite is mapped about 130 m away, which makes an early start easier. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Burkholder Lake, 4.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lake La Mare in particular, ask before you travel.