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Trout Lake

MU 8-8, Okanagan
49.3461° N, 119.7172° W

Map of Trout Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.119°43.8′W119°43.5′W119°43.2′W119°43′W119°42.8′W49°20.8′N49°21′NTrout Lake0100200 mNMap of Trout Lake: the shoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, the roads round it from the BC Digital Road Atlas and the traced road in.119°43.2′W119°43′W49°20.8′NTrout Lake0200 mN
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
346ha
Elevation
764m

Trout Lake is located 85 km (53 mi) north of Kaslo on Highway 31. Access is also possible from Nakusp and Revelstoke . All facilities are available at Trout Lake community. BC Adventure Network members serving this area: If you would like to have your business listed, please Click Here.

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

Trout Lake at a glance

Region
Okanagan
Management unit
MU 8-8
Species
Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout, Kokanee, Brook Trout (last recorded 1995), Largemouth Bass (last recorded 1995), Yellow Perch (last recorded 1995)The province's newest fish record here is from 1995.Species from the province's fish observation records and angling reports.
Lake size
Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
49.3461, -119.7172

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Fish on record at Trout Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
SpeciesFirst recordedLast recordedRecords
Brook Trout198819954
Largemouth Bass199519951
Yellow Perch199519951

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

How to fish Trout Lake

Best times of year at Trout Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Trout Lake fishing regulations

Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20; Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW. Source: Province of British Columbia

Getting to Trout Lake

0.4 km of traced road to the shore. The road at the end is a paved surface. It stops 70 m short of the shore.

The road route traced to Lake shore at Trout Lake, 0.4 km.Start of the traceLake shore250 m
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: 49.3461, -119.7172

The ice year at Trout Lake, modelled

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

In the model Trout Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 11 November and 28 November, and ice-off between 20 March and 16 April. The median winter freezes on 23 November and opens on 5 April.

Modelled ice season at Trout Lake: freeze-up most winters between 11 November and 28 November, ice-off between 20 March and 16 April.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-offabout 134 days in the median winter

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

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 26 November 2024 to 7 April 2025, 132 days.

Trout 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.

Trout Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Trout 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
  • 3.4 Caverage year now
  • 2.7 Caverage year then
  • -5 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Trout Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
1 C3 C6 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
1021441871960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Trout 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.

DaySkyHigh / lowWindRainPressure
Tue 20 OctClear sky13° / 3°6 km/h, gusts 12drySteady
Wed 21 OctPartly cloudy15° / 2°10 km/hdryFalling (-4.7 hPa)
Thu 22 OctOvercast16° / 2°9 km/h, gusts 21dryFalling (-3.2 hPa)
Fri 23 OctPartly cloudy11° / 0°10 km/h, gusts 52dryRising (+9.7 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast8° / 0°6 km/h, gusts 36dryRising (+2.2 hPa)
Sun 25 OctOvercast12° / 1°8 km/h, gusts 27dryRising (+5.2 hPa)
Mon 26 OctPartly cloudy13° / 2°4 km/h, gusts 16drySteady

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Trout Lake, in brief

What fish are in Trout Lake?

Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout, Kokanee, Brook Trout (last recorded 1995), Largemouth Bass (last recorded 1995), Yellow Perch (last recorded 1995). Species from the province's fish observation records and angling reports.

Which management unit is Trout Lake in?

Trout Lake is in MU 8-8, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

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