Big Horn Reservoir
MU 8-11, Okanagan
50.0728° N, 119.6697° W
- Surface area
- 33.8ha
- Elevation
- 1,351m
Open Big Horn Reservoir in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Big Horn Reservoir at a glance
- Region
- Okanagan
- Management unit
- MU 8-11
- Species
- Rainbow Trout
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 50.07278, -119.66967
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How to fish Big Horn Reservoir
Best times of year at Big Horn Reservoir
- May - June
- September - October
Big Horn Reservoir fishing regulations
We have no lake specific regulations on file for Big Horn Reservoir yet.
Getting to Big Horn Reservoir
27.5 km of traced road to the shore by way of Esperon FSR, Bear FSR and Westside Rd. The road at the end is a loose surface. It stops 240 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 50.07278, -119.66967
The ice year at Big Horn Reservoir, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Big Horn Reservoir froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 1 November and 15 November, and ice-off between 9 May and 27 May. The median winter freezes on 7 November and opens on 20 May.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 29 October 2024 to 5 May 2025, 188 days.
Big Horn Reservoir 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.
Big Horn Reservoir climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Big Horn Reservoir is 0.9 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.9 Csince the 1960s
- 1.7 Caverage year now
- 0.8 Caverage year then
- -9 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Big Horn Reservoir
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 | Clear sky | 10° / -1° | 14 km/h | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 2° | 16 km/h, gusts 31 | dry | Falling (-6.4 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 13° / 3° | 14 km/h, gusts 19 | dry | Falling (-2.7 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 5° / -2° | 22 km/h, gusts 44 | dry | Rising (+12.3 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 6° / -4° | 10 km/h | dry | Rising (+7.1 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 4° / -5° | 9 km/h | dry | Rising (+2.6 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Mainly clear | 5° / -5° | 8 km/h | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Big Horn Reservoir
- Esperon Lake 6 km away
- Stuart Lake 12 km away
- Sandberg Lake 13 km away
- Islaht (Horseshoe) Lake 13 km away
- Dobbin Lake 14 km away
All 212 lakes in the Okanagan, with today's conditions on each.