Esary Lake
MU 1-6, Vancouver Island
49.3219° N, 124.7758° W
- Surface area
- 13.9ha
- Maximum depth
- 6.7m
- 22 ft
- Elevation
- 253m
Open Esary Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Esary Lake at a glance
- Region
- Vancouver Island
- Management unit
- MU 1-6
- Species
- Rainbow Trout, Coastal Cutthroat Trout (last recorded 1989), Sculpin (General) (last recorded 1989)
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 49.3219, -124.7758
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Fish on record at Esary Lake
| Species | First recorded | Last recorded | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sculpin (General) | 1989 | 1989 | 1 |
A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.
How to fish Esary Lake
Best times of year at Esary Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Esary Lake fishing regulations
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Esary Lake
9.7 km of traced road to the shore by way of Milligan Rd, Margot Rd and Cherry Creek Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 230 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 49.3219, -124.7758
Depth chart for Esary Lake
6.7 mdeepest
Esary Lake runs to 6.7 m (22 ft) at its deepest.
The Province sounded Esary Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1990.
The ice year at Esary Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Esary Lake froze in 42 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 18 December and 27 January, and ice-off between 14 January and 25 February. The median winter freezes on 30 December and opens on 1 February.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 1 February 2025 to 23 February 2025, 22 days.
Esary 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.
Esary Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Esary Lake is 0.5 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.5 Csince the 1960s
- 9.8 Caverage year now
- 9.3 Caverage year then
- -5 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Esary 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 | Overcast | 15° / 2° | 11 km/h, gusts 17 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 17° / 8° | 13 km/h, gusts 20 | dry | Falling (-5.4 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 13° / 5° | 7 km/h | dry | Steady |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 2° | 6 km/h | dry | Rising (+10.0 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 11° / 3° | 6 km/h | dry | Rising (+2.3 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 15° / 5° | 5 km/h | dry | Falling (-1.5 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 16° / 6° | 5 km/h | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Esary Lake
- Horne Lake 6 km away
- Illusion Lakes 11 km away
- Spider Lake 11 km away
- Cameron Lake 11 km away
- Bainbridge Lake 14 km away
All 193 lakes on Vancouver Island, with today's conditions on each.