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Goose Lake

MU 3-19, Thompson-Nicola
50.5833° N, 120.3911° W

Surface area
95ha
Elevation
967m

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Goose Lake at a glance

Region
Thompson-Nicola
Management unit
MU 3-19
Species
Rainbow Trout
Lake size
Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
50.5833, -120.3911

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How to fish Goose Lake

Best times of year at Goose Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Goose Lake fishing regulations

We have no lake specific regulations on file for Goose Lake yet.

Getting to Goose Lake

8.7 km of traced road to the shore by way of Goose Lake Rd and Long Lake Rd. The road at the end is a loose surface. It stops 100 m short of the shore.

The road route traced to Lake shore at Goose Lake, 8.7 km.Start of the traceLake shore1 km
The route traced over the BC Digital Road Atlas. A trace is a line on a map, not a report on the road: check conditions before you drive it.

Coordinates: 50.5833, -120.3911

The ice year at Goose Lake, modelled

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

In the model Goose Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 9 November and 25 November, and ice-off between 11 April and 1 May. The median winter freezes on 19 November and opens on 22 April.

Modelled ice season at Goose Lake: freeze-up most winters between 9 November and 25 November, ice-off between 11 April and 1 May.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-offabout 154 days in the median winter

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

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 18 November 2024 to 9 April 2025, 142 days.

Goose 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.

Goose Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Goose Lake is 1.2 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

  • +1.2 Csince the 1960s
  • 3.1 Caverage year now
  • 1.9 Caverage year then
  • -9 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Goose Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
-0 C3 C6 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
941441931960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Goose 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.

DaySkyHigh / lowWindRainPressure
Tue 20 OctClear sky11° / 0°13 km/hdrySteady
Wed 21 OctOvercast18° / 5°16 km/h, gusts 27dryFalling (-7.6 hPa)
Thu 22 OctOvercast10° / 4°15 km/h, gusts 32drySteady
Fri 23 OctOvercast8° / 0°19 km/h, gusts 40dryRising (+12.5 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast7° / -3°10 km/h, gusts 20dryRising (+6.6 hPa)
Sun 25 OctPartly cloudy5° / -4°8 km/hdryRising (+2.5 hPa)
Mon 26 OctOvercast6° / -4°7 km/hdryFalling (-1.6 hPa)

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