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Tsable Lake

MU 1-6, Vancouver Island
49.5328° N, 125.1103° W

Surface area
65ha
Maximum depth
32.5m
107 ft
Elevation
1,012m

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

Tsable Lake at a glance

Region
Vancouver Island
Management unit
MU 1-6
Species
Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout (last recorded 1993)
Lake size
Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
49.5328, -125.1103

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Fish on record at Tsable Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
SpeciesFirst recordedLast recordedRecords
Rainbow Trout196119934

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

How to fish Tsable Lake

Best times of year at Tsable Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Tsable Lake fishing regulations

Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia

Getting to Tsable Lake

Coordinates: 49.5328, -125.1103

Camping and rec sites at Tsable Lake

  • Tsable Lake
    No campsite count on file (BC Recreation Sites and Trails)

Depth chart for Tsable Lake

32.5 mdeepest10.7 mmean

Tsable Lake runs to 32.5 m (107 ft) at its deepest.

The mean of 10.7 m (35 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in March 1991.

The Province sounded Tsable Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1991.

The ice year at Tsable Lake, modelled

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

In the model Tsable Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 14 November and 27 November, and ice-off between 29 April and 25 May. The median winter freezes on 20 November and opens on 14 May.

Modelled ice season at Tsable Lake: freeze-up most winters between 14 November and 27 November, ice-off between 29 April and 25 May.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-offabout 178 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 14 November 2024 to 14 May 2025, 181 days.

Tsable 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.

Tsable Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Tsable Lake is 0.6 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

  • +0.6 Csince the 1960s
  • 4.1 Caverage year now
  • 3.5 Caverage year then
  • -9 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Tsable Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
2 C4 C7 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
451181901960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Tsable 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 sky10° / 1°15 km/h, gusts 20drySteady
Wed 21 OctOvercast11° / 5°17 km/h, gusts 25dryFalling (-5.3 hPa)
Thu 22 OctLight drizzle9° / 1°10 km/h, gusts 17dryRising (+1.0 hPa)
Fri 23 OctOvercast9° / -1°5 km/hdryRising (+10.0 hPa)
Sat 24 OctOvercast7° / 0°6 km/hdryRising (+2.4 hPa)
Sun 25 OctOvercast11° / 1°7 km/hdryFalling (-1.6 hPa)
Mon 26 OctOvercast12° / 4°6 km/hdrySteady

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