Fickle Lake
MU 1-10, Vancouver Island
50.3294° N, 126.5444° W
- Surface area
- 20.2ha
- Elevation
- 306m
Open Fickle Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Fickle Lake at a glance
- Region
- Vancouver Island
- Management unit
- MU 1-10
- Species
- Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 50.3294, -126.5444
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How to fish Fickle Lake
Best times of year at Fickle Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Fickle Lake fishing regulations
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Fickle Lake
16.7 km of traced road to the shore by way of Fickle Main FSR, Tsitika West Main FSR, Tsitika Mainline FSR, MUS21A FSR, Muskeg Mainline FSR and MUS18 FSR. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 420 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 50.3294, -126.5444
The ice year at Fickle Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Fickle Lake froze in 55 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 2 December and 17 January, and ice-off between 29 January and 18 March. The median winter freezes on 23 December and opens on 23 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.
Fickle 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.
Fickle Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Fickle Lake 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
- 3.5 Caverage year now
- 2.8 Caverage year then
- -11 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Fickle 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 | 17° / 3° | 6 km/h, gusts 20 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Light drizzle | 12° / 7° | 4 km/h, gusts 18 | dry | Falling (-5.3 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Moderate drizzle | 10° / 3° | 12 km/h, gusts 41 | 1 mm | Rising (+6.2 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Light drizzle | 12° / 2° | 5 km/h, gusts 26 | dry | Rising (+7.1 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Moderate snow | 7° / 4° | 5 km/h, gusts 18 | 20 mm | Falling (-2.0 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 18° / 6° | 4 km/h, gusts 17 | dry | Falling (-2.7 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 17° / 9° | 4 km/h, gusts 19 | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Fickle Lake
- Claud Elliott Lake 3 km away
- Bonanza Lake 17 km away
- Klaklakama Lakes 20 km away
- Ida Lake 23 km away
- Woss Lake 24 km away
All 193 lakes on Vancouver Island, with today's conditions on each.