Tilgatgo Lake
MU 5-12, Cariboo
52.9158° N, 125.4472° W
- Surface area
- 55.7ha
- Elevation
- 1,116m
Open Tilgatgo Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Tilgatgo Lake at a glance
- Region
- Cariboo
- Management unit
- MU 5-12
- Species
- Rainbow Trout, Kokanee
- Lake size
- Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Closed to ice fishing
- Coordinates
- 52.9158, -125.4472
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How to fish Tilgatgo Lake
Best times of year at Tilgatgo Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Tilgatgo Lake fishing regulations
No Ice Fishing; Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Tilgatgo Lake
Coordinates: 52.9158, -125.4472
The ice year at Tilgatgo Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Tilgatgo Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 28 October and 9 November, and ice-off between 13 May and 5 June. The median winter freezes on 4 November and opens on 26 May.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 17 November 2024 to 2 May 2025, 166 days.
Tilgatgo 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.
Tilgatgo Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Tilgatgo Lake is 1.3 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +1.3 Csince the 1960s
- 2.2 Caverage year now
- 0.9 Caverage year then
- -16 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Tilgatgo 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° / -2° | 11 km/h, gusts 24 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Light drizzle | 10° / 0° | 12 km/h, gusts 27 | dry | Falling (-7.7 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Slight snow showers | 4° / -3° | 14 km/h, gusts 33 | 1 mm | Rising (+8.1 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 5° / -3° | 6 km/h, gusts 14 | dry | Rising (+8.6 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 5° / -2° | 14 km/h, gusts 34 | dry | Steady |
| Sun 25 Oct | Clear sky | 6° / -3° | 14 km/h, gusts 30 | dry | Rising (+5.1 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 7° / -2° | 7 km/h, gusts 13 | dry | Falling (-4.4 hPa) |
Trout lakes near Tilgatgo Lake
- Eliguk Lake 4 km away
- Basalt Lake 7 km away
- Rainbow Lake 7 km away
- Pettry Lake 9 km away
- Gatcho Lake 18 km away
All 328 lakes in the Cariboo, with today's conditions on each.