Mosquito Lake Fishing near Lumby, British Columbia

• Overview

  This water sits in Regional District of North Okanagan, British Columbia. The country round it is rolling bush from end to end. Roughly 16 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge runs 1.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It sits higher than most water we list in British Columbia. Nearest town is Lumby, 14 km off. Beyond it, Coldstream at 28 km and Vernon at 34 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Mosquito Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Regional District of North Okanagan names Coho salmon, sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, rainbow trout and brook trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Mosquito Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -6°C in January up to 16°C in August. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early April and starts locking again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Mosquito Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Denison Lake is 5 km off. Nothing on Mosquito Lake should be assumed from this page alone.