Silver Lake Fishing near Ketchikan, British Columbia

• Overview

  Silver Lake is listed under Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia. Mixed forest runs right down to the water. With some 15 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Roughly 2.5 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Ketchikan lies 132 km from the water. The big place round here is Kamloops, 881 km distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Silver Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name pink salmon, Chum salmon, Coho salmon and sockeye salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Silver Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 11°C at the top of summer and -7°C at the bottom of winter. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Silver Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Hog Lake is 1 km off. What applies at Silver Lake may have changed since it was mapped.