Poorman Lake Fishing in Stikine Region, British Columbia

• Overview

  You will find Poorman Lake in Stikine Region, British Columbia. The water sits 1,048 metres up. It runs to roughly 76 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. At about 7.3 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Head to Watson Lake, 88 km away, for anything you forgot. Beyond it, Juneau at 309 km and Skagway at 331 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Poorman Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Stikine Region: Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and Coho salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Poorman Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -16°C in January and 11°C in July. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice-out usually falls in late May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around late May on average, with the water closing again about late October. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. On Poorman Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. 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. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Long Lake, 4.6 km out. Check the current arrangement for Poorman Lake.