Sunday Lake Fishing near Smithers, British Columbia

• Overview

  The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine entry here is Sunday Lake, in British Columbia. Elevation runs to 342 metres. About 8 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Most waters listed here for Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine are larger. 85 km away sits Smithers, the nearest town. Kamloops sits 729 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Sunday Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine records list pink salmon, Chum salmon, Coho salmon, sockeye salmon and Chinook salmon among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Sunday Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 15°C and January at -8°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Sunday Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Bras Lake at 1 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Sunday Lake as something to verify.