Wadley Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Wadley Lake is a Thompson-Nicola Regional District water, in British Columbia. It sits in rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Thompson-Nicola Regional District list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest place of any size is Brocklehurst, 34 km away. The nearest city of size is Kamloops, 42 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Wadley Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Thompson-Nicola Regional District, recorded fish include Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, Coho salmon, rainbow trout and pink salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Wadley Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -7°C to 16°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice-out usually falls in early April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The lid tends to go about early April and return around late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. The season on Wadley Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public data records a pier about 890 m out. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Cayuse Lake is 1.5 km distant. Rules at Wadley Lake are worth checking on the day.