Palmer Meadows Lake Fishing near Dallas, British Columbia

• Overview

  Palmer Meadows Lake is one of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District waters in British Columbia. The setting is lake country bush. The water covers around 1.22 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. At about 12 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. On our Thompson-Nicola Regional District list it sits near the top for size. Dallas is the closest town at 32 km. It is 33 km to Kamloops, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Palmer Meadows Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Thompson-Nicola Regional District names 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. At Palmer Meadows Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August near 15°C and January near -7°C on the long-run figures. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from mid April until about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Palmer Meadows Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Dardanelles Lake sits 2.9 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Palmer Meadows Lake may have changed since it was mapped.