Moorhouse Lake in Cariboo Regional District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Moorhouse Lake lies in Cariboo Regional District, in British Columbia. The water sits 871 metres up. At about 12 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 1.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It is a small entry by Cariboo Regional District standards. For a base, Williams Lake sits 50 km out. Further out sit 108 Mile Ranch (80 km) and Quesnel (83 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Moorhouse Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Cariboo Regional District include sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon and bull trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The shape of Moorhouse Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 15°C and January at -7°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early April. Averages place the thaw at early April and the freeze at late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Moorhouse Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Edney Lake, 2.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Moorhouse Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.