Lizard Pond
MU 1-7, Vancouver Island
49.0636° N, 124.7839° W
- Surface area
- 26.5ha
- Maximum depth
- 4m
- 13 ft
- Elevation
- 325m
Open Lizard Pond in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Lizard Pond at a glance
- Region
- Vancouver Island
- Management unit
- MU 1-7
- Species
- Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1995)
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 49.0636, -124.7839
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Fish on record at Lizard Pond
| Species | First recorded | Last recorded | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Trout | 1995 | 1995 | 1 |
A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.
How to fish Lizard Pond
Best times of year at Lizard Pond
- May - June
- September - October
Lizard Pond fishing regulations
Trout daily quota = 1; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Lizard Pond
33.6 km of traced road to the shore by way of Franklin River Rd, Anderson Ave, Dunbar St and 10th Ave. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 330 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 49.0636, -124.7839
Depth chart for Lizard Pond
4 mdeepest
Lizard Pond runs to 4 m (13 ft) at its deepest.
The Province sounded Lizard Pond and published the depth chart surveyed in 1971.
The ice year at Lizard Pond, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Lizard Pond froze in 57 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 10 December and 20 January, and ice-off between 17 January and 3 March. The median winter freezes on 27 December and opens on 9 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.
Lizard Pond 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.
Lizard Pond climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Lizard Pond is 0.6 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.6 Csince the 1960s
- 7.1 Caverage year now
- 6.5 Caverage year then
- -12 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Lizard Pond
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 | 14° / 5° | 17 km/h, gusts 28 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 8° | 12 km/h, gusts 18 | dry | Falling (-4.7 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 5° | 9 km/h | dry | Steady |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 3° | 8 km/h | dry | Rising (+10.1 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 12° / 4° | 8 km/h | dry | Rising (+2.0 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 16° / 5° | 9 km/h | dry | Falling (-1.6 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 16° / 7° | 7 km/h | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Lizard Pond
- Father and Son Lake 12 km away
- Francis Lake 14 km away
- Bainbridge Lake 16 km away
- Henry Lake 17 km away
- Sarita Lake 19 km away
All 193 lakes on Vancouver Island, with today's conditions on each.