Sather Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, is where Sather Lake sits. It sits at 942 metres above sea level. Roughly 2.23 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. At about 12 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Few waters listed in Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako are bigger. Burns Lake is the closest place, 54 km off. For a city, Kamloops is 494 km off. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Sather Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name sockeye salmon, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Sather Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 13°C on average, January about -11°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Sather 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 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. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Ootsanee Lake, 5.1 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Sather Lake for certain.