Lodwick Lake

MU 8-5, Okanagan
49.7554° N, 120.7099° 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: 19.2ha
Maximum depth: 18m; 59 ft. Province survey, 1976
Elevation: 1,125m
Campsites: 5; At Lodwick Lake North rec site

Open Lodwick Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.

Trophy fish at Lodwick Lake

Lodwick Lake is known for trophy Rainbow trout to 3.3 lb.

Rainbow trout to 3.3 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.

Lodwick 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)
Coordinates: 49.755416, -120.709923

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Fish on record at Lodwick Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1944	2025	122

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

Lodwick Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to Lodwick Lake

7.9 km of traced road to the campground by way of Pike Mountain FSR and Pike-Gladstone FSR. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 110 m short of the campground.

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: 49.755416, -120.709923

Camping and rec sites at Lodwick Lake

Lodwick Lake North
Campsites
5 designated
To the shore
13 m

Access: Located north of Pike Mountain. From the junction of HWY 5 and 5A/97C, South East of Merritt take HWY 5A/97C 23 kms East to the Aspen Grove turn-off. Follow HWY 5A south for 24 kms and turn right on Pike Mtn. Forest Service Road. At about the 1 km mark turn right, proceed 1. 7 km and turn left, go 0.4 km further and keep to the right and drive 3.5 km up this rough road. At the very large Ponderosa Pine tree located in the centre of the intersection turn left and drive another 0.4 km to the recreation site located on the right.
Coordinates: 49.755939, -120.708191
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Lodwick Lake South
Campsites
4 designated
To the shore
36 m

Coordinates: 49.746733, -120.716191

Depth chart for Lodwick Lake

18 mdeepest7.5 mmean

Lodwick Lake runs to 18 m (59 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey, 1976.

The mean of 7.5 m (25 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in February 1976.

The Province sounded Lodwick Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1976.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Lodwick Lake, modelled

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

In the model Lodwick 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 15 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 16 April 2025, 149 days.

We have no ice fishing regulation on file for Lodwick Lake either way. Check the current BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis before you plan a trip.

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.

Lodwick Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Lodwick 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 Lodwick 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 Lodwick 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
Wed 21 Oct	Partly cloudy	16° / 1°	13 km/h, gusts 26	dry	Steady
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	13° / 0°	15 km/h, gusts 43	dry	Rising (+1.4 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Overcast	7° / -3°	14 km/h, gusts 51	dry	Rising (+13.2 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Moderate snow	4° / -3°	6 km/h, gusts 19	3 mm	Steady
Sun 25 Oct	Moderate snow	8° / -1°	5 km/h, gusts 25	1 mm	Steady
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	9° / -2°	5 km/h, gusts 16	dry	Falling (-5.0 hPa)
Tue 27 Oct	Overcast	9° / -2°	6 km/h, gusts 49	dry	Rising (+1.4 hPa)

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Lodwick Lake, in brief

What fish are in Lodwick Lake?

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

How big is Lodwick Lake?

Lodwick Lake covers about 19.2 ha, by the province's Freshwater Atlas.

Which management unit is Lodwick Lake in?

Lodwick 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 Lodwick Lake

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