Patenaude Lake
MU 5-2, Cariboo
52.3139° N, 121.1775° W
- Surface area
- 26.9ha
- Maximum depth
- 8.8m
- 29 ft. Province survey, 1975
- Elevation
- 993m
Open Patenaude Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Patenaude Lake at a glance
- Region
- Cariboo
- Management unit
- MU 5-2
- Species
- Kokanee, Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1974)
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Closed to ice fishing
- Coordinates
- 52.3139, -121.1775
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Fish on record at Patenaude Lake
| Species | First recorded | Last recorded | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Trout | 1974 | 1974 | 1 |
A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.
How to fish Patenaude Lake
Best times of year at Patenaude Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Patenaude Lake fishing regulations
No Ice Fishing; trout/char catch and release; bait ban; single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Patenaude Lake
34.5 km of traced road to the shore by way of Black Creek Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 800 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 52.3139, -121.1775
Depth chart for Patenaude Lake
8.8 mdeepest4 mmean
Patenaude Lake runs to 8.8 m (29 ft) at its deepest, by the Province survey, 1975.
The mean of 4 m (13 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in October 1975.
The Province sounded Patenaude Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1975.
The ice year at Patenaude Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Patenaude Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 3 November and 16 November, and ice-off between 27 April and 16 May. The median winter freezes on 8 November and opens on 7 May.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 15 November 2024 to 7 April 2025, 143 days.
Patenaude 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.
Patenaude Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Patenaude Lake is 1.1 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +1.1 Csince the 1960s
- 3.3 Caverage year now
- 2.2 Caverage year then
- -13 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Patenaude 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 | Partly cloudy | 11° / -1° | 8 km/h, gusts 26 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 1° | 9 km/h, gusts 30 | dry | Falling (-10.0 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 6° / 0° | 12 km/h, gusts 31 | dry | Rising (+3.6 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 5° / -1° | 10 km/h, gusts 28 | dry | Rising (+13.4 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 7° / -1° | 5 km/h, gusts 16 | dry | Falling (-2.0 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Partly cloudy | 7° / -3° | 5 km/h, gusts 15 | dry | Rising (+5.6 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 8° / -2° | 5 km/h, gusts 15 | dry | Falling (-2.7 hPa) |
Trout lakes near Patenaude Lake
- Wawn Lake 12 km away
- Tisdall Lake 14 km away
- Douglas Lake 15 km away
- Starlike Lake 15 km away
- Jacques Lake 17 km away
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