Tahla Lake

MU 8-5, Okanagan
49.8794° N, 120.7475° 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: 12.4ha
Maximum depth: 8m; 26 ft
Elevation: 1,052m
Campsites: 5; At Tahla Lake rec site

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

Trophy fish at Tahla Lake

Tahla Lake is known for trophy Rainbow trout to 2 lb.

Rainbow trout to 2 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.

Tahla Lake at a glance

Region: Okanagan
Management unit: MU 8-5
Species: Rainbow TroutThe newest of these fish records is from 2026.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing: No ice fishing closure on file
Coordinates: 49.8794, -120.7475

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Fish on record at Tahla Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1968	2026	37

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

How to fish Tahla Lake

Best times of year at Tahla Lake

May - June
September - October

Tahla Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to Tahla Lake

Tahla has a small BCFS campsite sitting amidst stands of Lodgepole pine. Larger campsites can be found at nearby Boss and Davis Lakes.

18.8 km of traced road to the campground by way of Voght Valley Rd and Coalmont Rd. The road at the end is a loose surface.

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: 49.8794, -120.7475

Camping and rec sites at Tahla Lake

Tahla Lake
Campsites
5 designated
To the shore
100 m

Access: Here are 2 possible directions to get to the Tahla Lake recreation site: Access off Highway #97C: Exit highway onto Highway #5A towards Princeton, travel for 8 km and then turn right onto the Coalmont Road. Travel for 11 km and then turn right onto Voght Valley Road (gravel). Follow this road, passing by Davis Lake, then Boss Lake until you come to Tahla Lake, turn left and you are right there. Access off Highway #5: Exit highway at Coldwater (exit # 256), turn left on Coldwater road and drive for about 4 km, then turn right onto Kane Valley Road (gravel) and drive about 10 km, then turn right onto Voght Valley Road (gravel) and continue on this road until you see the sign for Tahla Lake. Turn right and you are right there.
Coordinates: 49.88047, -120.744729
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Tahla Lake

8 mdeepest4.5 mmean

Tahla Lake runs to 8 m (26 ft) at its deepest.

The mean of 4.5 m (15 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in August 1978.

The Province sounded Tahla Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1978.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Tahla Lake, modelled

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

In the model Tahla Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 4 November and 17 November, and ice-off between 30 April and 20 May. The median winter freezes on 8 November and opens on 11 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 7 April 2025, 140 days.

No ice fishing closure is recorded for Tahla Lake, so the general regional regulations apply.

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.

Tahla Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Tahla Lake is 1.4 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

+1.4 Csince the 1960s
3.5 Caverage year now
2.1 Caverage year then
-18 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Tahla 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 Tahla 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	12° / -2°	8 km/h, gusts 14	dry	Steady
Wed 21 Oct	Overcast	17° / 3°	13 km/h, gusts 28	dry	Falling (-6.6 hPa)
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	13° / 3°	10 km/h	dry	Falling (-1.4 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Fog	8° / -1°	13 km/h, gusts 19	dry	Rising (+12.7 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	8° / -4°	11 km/h	dry	Rising (+6.1 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Overcast	7° / -5°	8 km/h	dry	Rising (+2.4 hPa)
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	10° / -6°	9 km/h	dry	Falling (-1.6 hPa)

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Tahla Lake, in brief

What fish are in Tahla Lake?

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

Which management unit is Tahla Lake in?

Tahla 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 Tahla Lake

Boss Lake 1 km away
Shea Lake 2 km away
Davis Lake 3 km away
Clock Lake 3 km away
Englishmen Lake 9 km away

All 212 lakes in the Okanagan, with today's conditions on each.