Higgens Lake
MU 1-10, Vancouver Island
50.0747° N, 125.5094° W
- Surface area
- 10.6ha
- Elevation
- 227m
Open Higgens Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Higgens Lake at a glance
- Region
- Vancouver Island
- Management unit
- MU 1-10
- Species
- Rainbow Trout, Coastal Cutthroat Trout (last recorded 1992), Threespine Stickleback
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 50.0747, -125.5094
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Fish on record at Higgens Lake
| Species | First recorded | Last recorded | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threespine Stickleback | 2009 | 2009 | 1 |
A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.
How to fish Higgens Lake
Best times of year at Higgens Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Higgens Lake fishing regulations
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Higgens Lake
11.6 km of traced road to the shore by way of Gosling Main FSR and Menzies Main. The road at the end is a loose surface. It stops 220 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 50.0747, -125.5094
The ice year at Higgens Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Higgens Lake froze in 57 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 4 December and 10 January, and ice-off between 8 February and 4 April. The median winter freezes on 21 December and opens on 3 March.
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 24 February 2025, 23 days.
Higgens 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.
Higgens Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Higgens 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
- 7.7 Caverage year now
- 6.8 Caverage year then
- -13 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Higgens 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 | Partly cloudy | 16° / 4° | 12 km/h, gusts 23 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 4° | 9 km/h, gusts 16 | dry | Falling (-6.0 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Partly cloudy | 12° / 5° | 18 km/h, gusts 41 | dry | Rising (+4.8 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 12° / 2° | 14 km/h, gusts 27 | dry | Rising (+8.5 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Slight rain showers | 7° / 6° | 9 km/h, gusts 18 | 14 mm | Falling (-1.1 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 15° / 4° | 5 km/h, gusts 13 | dry | Falling (-1.8 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 6° | 4 km/h, gusts 11 | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Higgens Lake
- Boot Lake 3 km away
- Gosling Lake 3 km away
- Merrill Lake 4 km away
- Mohun Lake 5 km away
- Crescent Lake 5 km away
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