Fishing Yardley Lake in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Yardley Lake stands in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia. It lies 875 metres above sea level. With some 46 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 3.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. You are 40 km from Quesnel. Then Prince George, 69 km, and Vanderhoof, 130 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Yardley Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Species logged across Cariboo Regional District include sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, bull trout and Coho salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Yardley Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 15°C for July and -9°C for January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan any trip to Yardley Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Colebank Lake, 2.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Yardley Lake in what we hold.