Moss Pothole Lakes

MU 2-18, Lower Mainland
49.3469° N, 121.6814° W

WaterTraced road inRoadRough surface roadShoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, roads from the BC Digital Road Atlas, under the Open Government Licence, British Columbia. The lake's depth is not drawn on this map.

Surface area: 37ha
Elevation: 536m

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Moss Pothole Lakes at a glance

Region: Lower Mainland
Management unit: MU 2-18
Species: Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat TroutThe province's newest fish record here is from 2006.Species from the province's fish observation records and angling reports.
Lake size: Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing: Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates: 49.3469, -121.6814

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Fish on record at Moss Pothole Lakes

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1979	2006	29

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

How to fish Moss Pothole Lakes

Best times of year at Moss Pothole Lakes

May - June
September - October

Moss Pothole Lakes fishing regulations

We have no lake specific regulations on file for Moss Pothole Lakes yet.

Getting to Moss Pothole Lakes

15.8 km of traced road to the shore by way of Sasquatch Park, Rockwell Dr, Kamp Rd and Wahleach Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 240 m short of the shore.

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: 49.3469, -121.6814

The ice year at Moss Pothole Lakes, modelled

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

In the model Moss Pothole Lakes froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 1 December and 26 December, and ice-off between 19 March and 1 May. The median winter freezes on 11 December and opens on 7 April.

the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 17 January 2025 to 7 March 2025, 49 days.

Moss Pothole Lakes 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.

Moss Pothole Lakes climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Moss Pothole Lakes is 1.0 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

+1.0 Csince the 1960s
8.8 Caverage year now
7.8 Caverage year then
-13 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Moss Pothole Lakesdegrees 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 Moss Pothole Lakes

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° / 6°	24 km/h, gusts 40	dry	Steady
Wed 21 Oct	Overcast	16° / 11°	14 km/h, gusts 28	dry	Falling (-5.2 hPa)
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	13° / 4°	9 km/h	dry	Steady
Fri 23 Oct	Overcast	14° / 3°	7 km/h, gusts 13	dry	Rising (+10.5 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	12° / 2°	10 km/h	dry	Rising (+2.5 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Overcast	13° / 3°	13 km/h, gusts 20	dry	Steady
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	16° / 2°	11 km/h	dry	Steady

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Moss Pothole Lakes, in brief

What fish are in Moss Pothole Lakes?

Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout. Species from the province's fish observation records and angling reports.

Which management unit is Moss Pothole Lakes in?

Moss Pothole Lakes is in MU 2-18, in the Lower Mainland. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Moss Pothole Lakes

All 133 lakes in the Lower Mainland, with today's conditions on each.