Polley Lake Fishing in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Polley Lake sits within Cariboo Regional District in British Columbia. The ground round it is rolling bush. This is sizeable water at about 3.82 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. With 14 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. It is among the larger waters listed here for Cariboo Regional District. The nearest town is Williams Lake, 59 km away. Kamloops sits 228 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Polley Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout, Coho salmon and longnose sucker. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Polley Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 15°C on average, January about -8°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. The season on Polley Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Bootjack Lake, 3.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Polley Lake for certain.