Baird Lake
MU 3-38, Thompson-Nicola
51.3267° N, 119.7478° W
- Surface area
- 10.1ha
- Elevation
- 1,049m
Open Baird Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Baird Lake at a glance
- Region
- Thompson-Nicola
- Management unit
- MU 3-38
- Species
- Rainbow Trout
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 51.3267, -119.7478
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How to fish Baird Lake
Best times of year at Baird Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Baird Lake fishing regulations
We have no lake specific regulations on file for Baird Lake yet.
Getting to Baird Lake
37.6 km of traced road to the shore by way of Russel Creek FSR, Fir Rd, Barriere Lakes Rd and Barriere Town Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 240 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 51.3267, -119.7478
The ice year at Baird Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Baird Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 5 November and 17 November, and ice-off between 1 May and 19 May. The median winter freezes on 10 November and opens on 12 May.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 15 November 2024 to 27 April 2025, 163 days.
Baird Lake is open to ice fishing under the regulations on file.
Whether a lake is open to ice fishing says nothing about whether its ice will hold you. Ice conditions vary year to year and across a single lake. Check locally before going out, every time.
Baird Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Baird Lake is 1.1 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +1.1 Csince the 1960s
- 0.4 Caverage year now
- -0.7 Caverage year then
- -10 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Baird Lake
The forecast on this lake's own coordinate, refreshed through the day. The app reads these seven days for fishing and scores each one.
| Day | Sky | High / low | Wind | Rain | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct | Mainly clear | 10° / 0° | 3 km/h, gusts 12 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 13° / 2° | 3 km/h, gusts 17 | dry | Falling (-7.9 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Dense drizzle | 12° / 2° | 7 km/h, gusts 28 | 2 mm | Falling (-1.7 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Light drizzle | 7° / 0° | 4 km/h, gusts 18 | dry | Rising (+13.9 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 6° / 1° | 4 km/h, gusts 16 | dry | Steady |
| Sun 25 Oct | Partly cloudy | 7° / 0° | 6 km/h, gusts 26 | dry | Rising (+4.4 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 6° / -1° | 3 km/h, gusts 13 | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Baird Lake
- East Barrière Lake 7 km away
- North Barrière Lake 8 km away
- Saskum Lake 10 km away
- South Barrière Lake 14 km away
- Johnson Lake 18 km away
All 342 lakes in the Thompson-Nicola, with today's conditions on each.