Faulkner Lake
MU 5-1, Cariboo
51.5353° N, 120.6061° W
- Surface area
- 19.3ha
- Elevation
- 1,221m
Open Faulkner Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Faulkner Lake at a glance
- Region
- Cariboo
- Management unit
- MU 5-1
- Species
- Rainbow Trout, Kokanee
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Closed to ice fishing
- Coordinates
- 51.5353, -120.6061
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Fish on record at Faulkner Lake
| Species | First recorded | Last recorded | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Trout | 1992 | 2025 | 36 |
A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.
How to fish Faulkner Lake
Best times of year at Faulkner Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Faulkner Lake fishing regulations
No Ice Fishing; Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Faulkner Lake
12.7 km of traced road to the shore by way of Wavey Lake FSR. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 260 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 51.5353, -120.6061
Depth chart for Faulkner Lake
The Province sounded Faulkner Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1981.
The ice year at Faulkner Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Faulkner Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 29 October and 8 November, and ice-off between 8 May and 23 May. The median winter freezes on 4 November and opens on 17 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 2 May 2025, 185 days.
Faulkner 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.
Faulkner Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Faulkner Lake is 0.8 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.8 Csince the 1960s
- 1.8 Caverage year now
- 0.9 Caverage year then
- -6 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Faulkner 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° / -1° | 15 km/h, gusts 29 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 12° / 2° | 15 km/h, gusts 30 | dry | Falling (-9.5 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 7° / -1° | 17 km/h, gusts 39 | dry | Rising (+1.8 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 4° / -3° | 10 km/h, gusts 23 | dry | Rising (+14.0 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 4° / -1° | 10 km/h, gusts 18 | dry | Falling (-2.0 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 6° / -3° | 8 km/h, gusts 20 | dry | Rising (+5.2 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 7° / -1° | 11 km/h, gusts 22 | dry | Falling (-2.0 hPa) |
Trout lakes near Faulkner Lake
- Wavey Lake 1 km away
- West King Lake 3 km away
- East King Lake 3 km away
- Otter Lake 4 km away
- Willow Lake 5 km away
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