Kump (Lost) Lake

MU 8-5, Okanagan
49.7358° N, 120.6367° W

WaterTraced road inRoadRough surface roadRec siteShoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, roads from the BC Digital Road Atlas, under the Open Government Licence, British Columbia. Rec site position from BC Recreation Sites and Trails, checked 11 September 2026. The lake's depth is not drawn on this map.

Surface area: 17ha
Maximum depth: 21m; 69 ft. Province survey, 1978
Elevation: 1,128m
Campsites: 7; At Kump Lake Recreation Site

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Trophy fish at Kump (Lost) Lake

Kump (Lost) Lake is known for trophy Rainbow trout to 6 lb.

Rainbow trout to 6 lb

Trophy sizes this lake is known for, not a typical catch. They are historical records from our own big fish list, with no date on file, not recent catches.

Kump (Lost) Lake at a glance

Region: Okanagan
Management unit: MU 8-5
Species: Rainbow TroutThe newest of these fish records is from 2025.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing: Closed to ice fishing
Coordinates: 49.7358, -120.6367

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Fish on record at Kump (Lost) Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1961	2025	63

A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.

How to fish Kump (Lost) Lake

Best times of year at Kump (Lost) Lake

May - June
September - October

Kump (Lost) Lake fishing regulations

No Ice Fishing; Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban. Source: Province of British Columbia

Getting to Kump (Lost) Lake

4.2 km of traced road to the campground by way of Kump Lake FSR, Pike Mountain FSR and Pike-Gladstone FSR. The road at the end is a rough surface.

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: 49.7358, -120.6367

Camping and rec sites at Kump (Lost) Lake

Kump Lake Recreation Site
Campsites
7 designated
To the shore
10 m

Access: Located north of Pike Mountain, access is off Highway 5A to Princeton via the Pike Mountain Road. Proceed up this road to the 2 km mark where you will see a cattle guard. Turn left there and proceed a kilometre or so staying to the right. The first campsite located on the west side of the lake is located here. The second camp site is located on the south end of the lake. Continue on the main road past the cattle guard to about the 3 km mark, again turn left and follow it in to the campsite about a kilometre in.
Coordinates: 49.735181, -120.634568
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Kump (Lost) Lake

21 mdeepest8.4 mmean

Kump (Lost) Lake runs to 21 m (69 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey, 1978.

The mean of 8.4 m (28 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in March 1978.

The Province sounded Kump (Lost) Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1978.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Kump (Lost) Lake, modelled

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

In the model Kump (Lost) Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 2 November and 15 November, and ice-off between 6 May and 28 May. The median winter freezes on 7 November and opens on 16 May.

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 17 April 2025, 150 days.

Kump (Lost) 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.

Kump (Lost) Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Kump (Lost) 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
4.8 Caverage year now
3.6 Caverage year then
-16 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Kump (Lost) Lakedegrees C, yearly mean

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Kump (Lost) 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	Clear sky	11° / -4°	9 km/h	dry	Steady
Wed 21 Oct	Overcast	17° / 4°	13 km/h, gusts 26	dry	Falling (-6.3 hPa)
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	14° / 3°	12 km/h	dry	Falling (-1.7 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Fog	8° / -2°	14 km/h	dry	Rising (+12.7 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	8° / -4°	11 km/h, gusts 18	dry	Rising (+6.1 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Overcast	7° / -4°	11 km/h	dry	Rising (+2.3 hPa)
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	11° / -4°	4 km/h	dry	Falling (-1.5 hPa)

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Kump (Lost) Lake, in brief

What fish are in Kump (Lost) Lake?

Rainbow Trout. Species from the province's fish observation records.

Which management unit is Kump (Lost) Lake in?

Kump (Lost) Lake is in MU 8-5, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Kump (Lost) Lake

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