Fishing Pike Lake in Stikine Region, British Columbia

• Overview

  Pike Lake is a Stikine Region water, in British Columbia. The ground round it is pine and birch. At some 1.02 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. You are looking at roughly 7.0 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Skagway is the closest town at 111 km. Haines lies 116 km off, Juneau another 120 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Pike Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Stikine Region cover Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and Coho salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Anyone new to Pike Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 12°C and January near -13°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan any trip to Pike Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Sheard Lake is 3.8 km off. Nothing on Pike Lake should be assumed from this page alone.