White Eye Lake, British Columbia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  White Eye Lake stands in Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. With some 66 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. A shoreline of some 4.5 km keeps the choices simple. Head to Burns Lake, 78 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 487 km to Kamloops, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on White Eye Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako include sockeye salmon, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. White Eye Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 13°C and January near -10°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Time your trip to White Eye Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. 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. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. False Hill Lake, 11 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on White Eye Lake before loading the car.