Yeates Lake Fishing in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia

• Overview

  Yeates Lake stands in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia. The country here is lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 4 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Cariboo Regional District list holds plenty of bigger water. Quesnel at 31 km is the nearest place to stop. The nearest city of size is Kamloops, 287 km away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Yeates Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for 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. Read Yeates Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -9°C to 14°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. Open water usually runs from mid April until about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. At Yeates Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Porcupine Lake is 1.3 km off. Where Yeates Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.