Lastcourse Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lastcourse Lake lies in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, in British Columbia. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. The water covers some 17 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 2.1 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Some 46 km away sits Barrière, the nearest settlement. Beyond it, Westsyde at 59 km and Cache Creek at 59 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lastcourse Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Thompson-Nicola Regional District include Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, rainbow trout and pink salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Lastcourse Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 14°C, with January the cold end at about -8°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about mid November in an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Lastcourse Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A camping area sits within 390 m of here. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Scot Lake, 3.4 km away. Check the current arrangement for Lastcourse Lake.