Nevada Lake Fishing near Prince George, British Columbia

• Overview

  The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George entry here is Nevada Lake, in British Columbia. Height above sea level is 760 metres. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Regional District of Fraser-Fort George list holds plenty of bigger water. Prince George at 32 km is the nearest place to stop. Vanderhoof follows at 57 km, then Fort St. James at 97 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Nevada Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, recorded fish include Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, mountain whitefish and rainbow trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Nevada Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 14°C at the top of summer and -10°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Nevada Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Esker Lake is 1.6 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Nevada Lake for certain.