Tenquille Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Tenquille Lake sits within Squamish-Lillooet Regional District in British Columbia. The country here is mixed forest. The water covers some 27 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The whole outline is near 2.5 km, and most of it is walkable. By elevation it is in the upper part of our British Columbia listings. Pemberton lies 26 km from the water. Coquitlam sits 139 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Tenquille Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Squamish-Lillooet Regional District list Coho salmon, sockeye salmon, rainbow trout, Chinook salmon and Chum salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Tenquille Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -8°C in January up to 12°C in August. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Tenquille Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. You can camp 200 m off, which suits an early start. Toilets show in mapping about 220 m away. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Gingerbread Lake, 3.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Tenquille Lake before loading the car.