Tetana Lake in Stikine Region: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Tetana Lake in Stikine Region, British Columbia. Height above sea level is 740 metres. The water covers some 13 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 2.2 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Stikine Region. You are 134 km from Smithers. Further out sit Telkwa (142 km) and Houston (172 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Tetana Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Stikine Region names Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and Coho salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Tetana Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 14°C and January at -14°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about early November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. On Tetana Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Sort the permit out before you load the car. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Pathway Lake is 1.5 km distant. Nothing on Tetana Lake should be assumed from this page alone.