Wilkinson Lake in Cariboo Regional District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Wilkinson Lake is a Cariboo Regional District water, in British Columbia. Height above sea level is 1,097 metres. Around 12 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. With about 1.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Most waters listed here for Cariboo Regional District are larger. Nearest town is 100 Mile House, 24 km off. The big place round here is Kamloops, 106 km distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Wilkinson Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Cariboo Regional District cover sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout, Coho salmon and longnose sucker. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Treat Wilkinson Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 15°C for August and -9°C for January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid April. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Wilkinson Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. 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. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Round Lake sits 1 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Wilkinson Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.