Stocking Lake
MU 1-5, Vancouver Island
48.9594° N, 123.8253° W
- Surface area
- 20.2ha
- Maximum depth
- 26.2m
- 86 ft
- Elevation
- 362m
Open Stocking Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Stocking Lake at a glance
- Region
- Vancouver Island
- Management unit
- MU 1-5
- Species
- Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1993)
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 48.9594, -123.8253
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Fish on record at Stocking Lake
| Species | First recorded | Last recorded | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Trout | 1971 | 1993 | 7 |
A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.
How to fish Stocking Lake
Best times of year at Stocking Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Stocking Lake fishing regulations
No powered boats. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Stocking Lake
5.1 km of traced road to the shore by way of S Watts Rd and Westdowne Rd. The road at the end is a loose surface. It stops 150 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 48.9594, -123.8253
Depth chart for Stocking Lake
26.2 mdeepest
Stocking Lake runs to 26.2 m (86 ft) at its deepest.
The Province sounded Stocking Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1971.
The ice year at Stocking Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Stocking Lake froze in 59 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 9 December and 12 January, and ice-off between 18 January and 27 February. The median winter freezes on 25 December and opens on 4 February.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 18 January 2025 to 22 February 2025, 35 days.
Stocking 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.
Stocking Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Stocking Lake is 0.8 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.8 Csince the 1960s
- 10.6 Caverage year now
- 9.8 Caverage year then
- -9 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Stocking 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 | Clear sky | 15° / 8° | 15 km/h, gusts 23 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 15° / 10° | 10 km/h | dry | Falling (-5.3 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 12° / 5° | 12 km/h, gusts 34 | dry | Steady |
| Fri 23 Oct | Mainly clear | 12° / 3° | 9 km/h, gusts 26 | dry | Rising (+10.2 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 12° / 3° | 6 km/h, gusts 20 | dry | Rising (+2.4 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 6° | 5 km/h, gusts 16 | dry | Falling (-1.5 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 15° / 7° | 6 km/h | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Stocking Lake
- Holland Lake 3 km away
- Silver Lake 6 km away
- Michael Lake 9 km away
- Fuller Lake 10 km away
- Long Lake (Nanaimo) 11 km away
All 193 lakes on Vancouver Island, with today's conditions on each.