Rey Lake Fishing in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Within Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, you have Rey Lake. What surrounds it is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 36 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Some 5.2 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. The closest town, Logan Lake, is 18 km away. For a city, Kamloops is 45 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Rey Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Thompson-Nicola Regional District records list Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, rainbow trout and pink salmon among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Rey Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 13°C at the top of summer and -7°C at the bottom of winter. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Rey Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Eve Lake is 3 km distant. For Rey Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.