Trout fishing in the Lower Mainland
The Lower Mainland holds 83 of the 900 stillwaters on BC Trout Finder, the water most people mean when they search for trout fishing near Vancouver, Chilliwack and Squamish. 1 of them is a trophy water. Every one of them has a boat launch and a rec site or campground on the shore. Depths run from 4 m to 279 m.
Open the Lower Mainland in the app
What is in the Lower Mainland
- 83 lakes with verified depth, access and regulations
- 1 trophy class water, fish in the 5 lb and up range
- All of them have a boat launch
- All of them have camping at a rec site or provincial park
- All of them open to ice fishing under the regulations on file
The trophy trout lake in the Lower Mainland
- Harrison Lake 3 to 12+ lbs (Coastal Predator Class)
Harrison Lake is the largest body of fresh water in the southwestern Coast Mountains. Spanning over 60 km in length, this massive glacial fjord holds large predatory coastal cutthroat trout and bull trout feeding on salmon smolts.
Every lake we cover in the Lower Mainland
- Harrison Lake Trophy Monster, 279 m
- Alice Lake Standard / High-Numbers, 15 m
- Alouette Lake Medium / High-Action, 140 m
- Alpha Lake Medium Action, 40.8 m
- Alta Lake Large Quality, 24 m
- Birkenhead Lake Medium Trout, 33.6 m
- Browning Lake Standard Stocked, 43.2 m
- Buntzen Lake Standard / High-Numbers, 65 m
- Burnaby Lake Medium Action, 31.2 m
- Cap Sheaf Lakes Standard Stocked, 45.6 m
- Case Lake Medium Action, 39.6 m
- Cheam Lake Medium Action, 31.2 m
- Chehalis Lake Large Quality, 40.8 m
- Chilliwack Lake Medium Trout, 50.4 m
- Como (Welcome) Lake Medium Action, 26.5 m
- Como Lake Standard / High-Numbers, 4 m
- Cranberry Lake Medium Action, 34.8 m
- Cultus Lake Medium / High-Action, 42 m
- Davis Lake Medium Action, 19.2 m
- Deer Lake (Burnaby) Medium Action, 18.8 m
- Deer Lake (Sasquatch Park) Medium Action, 16.6 m
- Dodd Lake Medium Action, 38.4 m
- Edwards Lake Medium Action, 20.4 m
- Emily (Turtle) Lake Medium Action, 13.3 m
- Errock (Squakum) Lake Medium Action, 18.8 m
- Florence Lake Medium Action, 14.4 m
- Foley Lake Medium Action, 28.8 m
- For Trout In Lakes Medium Action, 23.2 m
- Garden Bay Lake Medium Action, 44.4 m
- Goat Lake Medium Action, 15.6 m
- Grace Lake Medium Action, 36.0 m
- Green Timbers Lake Medium Action, 39.6 m
- Haslam Lake Medium Action, 49.2 m
- Hatzic Lake And Slough Medium Action, 25.4 m
- Hicks Lake Medium / High-Action, 35 m
- Horseshoe Lake Medium Action, 44.4 m
- Hotel Lake Medium Action, 25.2 m
- Inland Lake Medium Action, 49.2 m
- Ireland Lake Medium Action, 49.2 m
- Ivey (Horseshoe) Lake Medium Action, 18.8 m
- Jerry Sulina Park Pond Medium Action, 22.8 m
- Kawkawa Lake Medium Action, 16.8 m
- Khartoum Lake Medium Action, 49.2 m
- Klein Lake Standard Stocked, 14.4 m
- Kokomo Lake Medium Action, 38.4 m
- Lafarge (Pinetree Gravel Pit) Lake Medium Action, 29.8 m
- Levette Lake Medium Action, 38.4 m
- Lillooet Lake Large Quality, 40.8 m
- Lily (Paq) Lake Medium Action, 11.1 m
- Little Lillooet Lake Medium Action, 27.6 m
- Lost Lake (Near Whistler) Medium Action, 27.6 m
- Lucille Lake Medium Action, 20.4 m
- Marsh Pond Medium Action, 48.0 m
- Mike Lake Medium Action, 51.6 m
- Mill Lake (Abbotsford) Medium Action, 14.4 m
- Mixal (Bear) Lake Medium Action, 22.1 m
- Morgan Lake Medium Action, 24.0 m
- Morris Lake Medium Action, 52.8 m
- Moss Pothole Lakes Medium Action, 46.8 m
- Nanton Lake Standard Stocked, 36.0 m
- Nita Lake Medium Action, 16.8 m
- North Lake Medium Action, 43.2 m
- Paq Lake Medium Action, 15.6 m
- Pitt Lake Medium Action, 42.0 m
- Powell Lake Medium Action, 42.0 m
- R Lake Medium Action, 13.3 m
- Rice Lake (North Vancouver) Medium Action, 33.1 m
- Rolley Lake Medium Action, 46.8 m
- Ross Lake Medium Action, 49.2 m
- Ruby Lake Medium Action, 43.2 m
- Sakinaw Lake Medium Action, 25.2 m
- Sardis Park Pond Medium Action, 20.4 m
- Sasamat Lake Standard / High-Numbers, 12 m
- Sayres (Cedar) Lake Medium Action, 22.1 m
- Trout Lake (Sasquatch Park) Medium Action, 25.4 m
- Trout Lake (Sechelt) Medium Action, 15.5 m
- Twin Lakes Medium Action, 13.2 m
- Wahleach (Jones) Lake Medium Action, 19.9 m
- Waugh (Worm) Lake Medium Action, 15.5 m
- Weaver Lake Medium / High-Action, 35 m
- West Lake Medium Action, 44.4 m
- Whonnock Lake Standard / High-Numbers, 8 m
- Windsor Lake Medium Action, 12.0 m
Local shops and lodges
Other BC fishing regions
Data from the BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, the BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis, and Sites and Trails BC.