Pritchard Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Pritchard Lake lies in Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, in British Columbia. The water sits 739 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 9 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Regional District of Fraser-Fort George list. Supplies mean a trip to Prince George, 52 km off. Quesnel is 103 km and Vanderhoof 135 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Pritchard Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Regional District of Fraser-Fort George include Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and mountain whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Treat Pritchard Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 15°C on average, January about -8°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Climate figures give an open season running early April to mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Anyone fishing Pritchard Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. 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. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Purden Lake at 9 km is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for Pritchard Lake.