Deer Lake (Burnaby)

Region

Lower Mainland

Management unit

MU 2-8

Species

Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout (last recorded 1995), Brook Trout (last recorded 1959), Lake Whitefish (last recorded 1896), Coho Salmon (last recorded 1995), Carp, Prickly Sculpin, Threespine Stickleback, Sculpin (General) (last recorded 1995), Stickleback (General) (last recorded 1995), Brown Catfish (formerly Brown Bullhead) (last recorded 1979), Brassy Minnow (last recorded 1977), Black Crappie (last recorded 1959), Bullhead (General) (last recorded 1959), Northern Pikeminnow (last recorded 1959), Peamouth Chub (last recorded 1959), Redside Shiner (last recorded 1959), Sucker (General) (last recorded 1959)The province's newest fish record here is from 2026.Species from the province's fish observation records and angling reports.

Lake size

Small Water (< 50 ha)

Ice fishing

No ice fishing closure on file

Coordinates

49.2358, -122.9717

A city park lake stocked for the table. The rainbows go in at about 300 g, so that is what most people catch. There are resident trout that get big but they are rare, and the carp in here are the biggest fish in the lake by a distance. Two trout a day, single barbless hook, no powered boats.

• Rainbow Trout Stocked, with a few holdovers
  Typically about 300 g at release
  Bigger fish: resident trout can get quite big, but they are rare
  Stocked March to May and October to November by the Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery.
  Source: Fishing with Rod
• Common Carp Wild
  Typically quite large, and the article warns to bring tackle strong enough for them
  Fished from the shore with bottom tackle.
  Source: Fishing with Rod

The rule that shapes it. Trout/char daily quota = 2; single barbless hook; no powered boats. Source: Province of British Columbia

A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.

Best times of year at Deer Lake (Burnaby)

• May - June
• September - October

1.7 km of traced road to the shore. The road at the end is a loose surface. It stops 240 m short of the shore.

Coordinates: 49.2358, -122.9717

6.4 mdeepest

Deer Lake (Burnaby) runs to 6.4 m (21 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Deer Lake (Burnaby) and published the depth chart surveyed in 1968.

• Depth chart (PDF)

Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.

In the model Deer Lake (Burnaby) froze in 47 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 17 December and 12 January, and ice-off between 10 January and 7 February. The median winter freezes on 30 December and opens on 20 January.

the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 2 February 2025 to 21 February 2025, 19 days.

No ice fishing closure is recorded for Deer Lake (Burnaby), so the general regional regulations apply.

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.

Averaged over a year, the air above Deer Lake (Burnaby) is 0.7 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

• +0.7 Csince the 1960s
• 10.3 Caverage year now
• 9.6 Caverage year then
• -6 daysbelow freezing, change

Open Deer Lake (Burnaby) in the app

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• Sasamat Lake 11 km away
• Buntzen Lake 13 km away
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• Depth, and where the trout are
• A year on a trout lake
• Fishing chironomids
• Reading a depth chart
• Trout and char of BC lakes
• Camping at rec site lakes
• Winterkill explained
• When the ice goes off