Third Momich Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, sits Third Momich Lake. The surface lies 451 metres up. With some 45 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 3.1 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Blind Bay at 49 km is the nearest place to stop. Kamloops is the closest city, 101 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Third Momich Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Columbia-Shuswap Regional District list sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, bull trout and brook trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Work Third Momich Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 14°C in August and bottom out at -8°C in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about mid November in an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Third Momich Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Momich Lake is 3.1 km off. For Third Momich Lake in particular, ask before you travel.