Earle Lake
MU 5-1, Cariboo
51.6272° N, 121.0950° W
- Surface area
- 59.7ha
- Maximum depth
- 12m
- 39 ft. Province survey, 1981
- Elevation
- 1,085m
Open Earle Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Earle Lake at a glance
- Region
- Cariboo
- Management unit
- MU 5-1
- Species
- Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Longnose Sucker
- Lake size
- Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Closed to ice fishing
- Coordinates
- 51.6272, -121.095
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Fish on record at Earle Lake
| Species | First recorded | Last recorded | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Trout | 1980 | 2025 | 44 |
| Longnose Sucker | 1980 | 2015 | 3 |
A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.
How to fish Earle Lake
Best times of year at Earle Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Earle Lake fishing regulations
No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1; bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Earle Lake
Coordinates: 51.6272, -121.095
Camping and rec sites at Earle Lake
- Earle Lake
No campsite count on file (BC Recreation Sites and Trails)
Depth chart for Earle Lake
12 mdeepest3.8 mmean
Earle Lake runs to 12 m (39 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey, 1981.
The mean of 3.8 m (12 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in March 1981.
The Province sounded Earle Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1981.
The ice year at Earle Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Earle Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 29 October and 11 November, and ice-off between 28 April and 15 May. The median winter freezes on 6 November and opens on 7 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 25 April 2025, 161 days.
Earle Lake is closed to ice fishing.
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.
Earle Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Earle Lake is 1.0 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +1.0 Csince the 1960s
- 4.4 Caverage year now
- 3.5 Caverage year then
- -10 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Earle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 2° | 16 km/h, gusts 36 | dry | Steady |
| Thu 22 Oct | Slight snow | 7° / -1° | 18 km/h, gusts 49 | 2 mm | Rising (+3.9 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 5° / -2° | 18 km/h, gusts 51 | dry | Rising (+12.1 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 6° / -1° | 11 km/h, gusts 46 | dry | Falling (-4.5 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 8° / 0° | 5 km/h, gusts 33 | dry | Rising (+2.4 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Partly cloudy | 9° / -1° | 12 km/h, gusts 17 | dry | Falling (-4.4 hPa) |
| Tue 27 Oct | Overcast | 6° / -2° | 16 km/h | dry | Rising (+3.0 hPa) |
Trout lakes near Earle Lake
- Buffalo Lake 9 km away
- Irish Lake 10 km away
- Edwards Lake 10 km away
- Fawn Lake 11 km away
- Higgins Lake 14 km away
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