Lost Horse Lake near Clearwater: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Lost Horse Lake is one of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District waters in British Columbia. The water sits 1,372 metres up. With some 38 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 3.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. The town to know is Clearwater, 27 km out. Barrière is 48 km and 100 Mile House 62 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lost Horse Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Thompson-Nicola Regional District, recorded fish include Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and Coho salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lost Horse Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 13°C in August and bottoms out near -9°C in January. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Anyone fishing Lost Horse Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A campsite is mapped about 350 m away, which makes an early start easier. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Flapjack Lake is 0.7 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Lost Horse Lake for certain.