Fishing at Mule Lake, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  You will find Mule Lake in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia. Height above sea level is 1,063 metres. It measures about 15 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Roughly 2.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. The town to know is 100 Mile House, 50 km out. The big place round here is Kamloops, 131 km distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Mule Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Thompson-Nicola Regional District, recorded fish include Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, rainbow trout and pink salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Mule Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 15°C, the coldest about -8°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. The season between ice runs from about mid April to mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Mule Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Pigeon Lake, 2.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Mule Lake.