Llangorse Lake Fishing Guide, Stikine Region, British Columbia

• Overview

  Llangorse Lake is one of the Stikine Region waters in British Columbia. Country round the bank runs to boreal forest. It runs to roughly 84 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The edge covers about 6.4 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Supplies mean a trip to Skagway, 133 km off. For a city, Anchorage is 952 km off. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Llangorse Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Stikine Region include Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and Coho salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Llangorse Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -15°C to 11°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid May. Expect the water usable from around mid May until roughly early November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Llangorse Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Bell Lake at 8.7 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Llangorse Lake for certain.