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Little Lost Lake

MU 1-6, Vancouver Island
49.8331° N, 125.2669° W

Surface area
4.3ha
Maximum depth
5.5m
18 ft
Elevation
252m

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Little Lost Lake at a glance

Region
Vancouver Island
Management unit
MU 1-6
Species
Lake Trout, Bull Trout, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1979), Coho Salmon (last recorded 1995)
Lake size
Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
49.8331, -125.2669

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Fish on record at Little Lost Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
SpeciesFirst recordedLast recordedRecords
Coastal Cutthroat Trout201620161
Cutthroat Trout1979200814
Rainbow Trout197919791
Coho Salmon199519951

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

How to fish Little Lost Lake

Best times of year at Little Lost Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Little Lost Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to Little Lost Lake

16.6 km of traced road to the shore by way of Inland Island Hwy and Hamm Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 90 m short of the shore.

The road route traced to Lake shore at Little Lost Lake, 16.6 km.Start of the traceLake shore2 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: 49.8331, -125.2669

Depth chart for Little Lost Lake

5.5 mdeepest

Little Lost Lake runs to 5.5 m (18 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Little Lost Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1980.

The ice year at Little Lost Lake, modelled

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

In the model Little Lost Lake froze in 45 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 18 December and 30 January, and ice-off between 13 January and 26 February. The median winter freezes on 30 December and opens on 1 February.

Modelled ice season at Little Lost Lake: freeze-up most winters between 18 December and 30 January, ice-off between 13 January and 26 February.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-off

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 26 February 2025, 25 days.

Little Lost 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.

Little Lost Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Little Lost 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
  • 4.9 Caverage year now
  • 4.2 Caverage year then
  • -5 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Little Lost Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
2 C5 C8 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
23921611960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Little 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.

DaySkyHigh / lowWindRainPressure
Tue 20 OctClear sky14° / 4°14 km/h, gusts 19drySteady
Wed 21 OctOvercast14° / 7°11 km/hdryFalling (-5.6 hPa)
Thu 22 OctLight drizzle12° / 5°18 km/h, gusts 30dryRising (+1.2 hPa)
Fri 23 OctOvercast12° / 3°11 km/hdryRising (+9.8 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast11° / 4°8 km/hdryRising (+2.5 hPa)
Sun 25 OctOvercast15° / 6°7 km/hdryFalling (-1.6 hPa)
Mon 26 OctOvercast16° / 8°7 km/hdrySteady

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