Region 7
Trout fishing in the Peace
The Peace is a different fishery from the rest of the province: walleye and northern pike alongside the trout, lakes on the rolling farm country east of the Rockies, and long summer days that make up for a late spring.
Muncho Lake. Photo: Kelly Donaldson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
54 lakes, 40 with live conditionsUpdated 11 September
Rainbows are stocked in the smaller lakes near the towns, and the big water holds lake trout. Wind sweeps across this open country with nothing to stop it, so a calm day in the forecast is worth a lot.
The Peace holds 54 of the 1,842 stillwaters on BC Trout Finder, the water most people mean when they search for trout fishing near Fort St. John, Dawson Creek and Chetwynd. 7 of them are trophy class. 26 have a rec site or campground on the shore. Depths run from 1.1 m to 223 m.
- 54lakes on their own coordinates
- 26with a rec site or campground on the shore
- 7trophy waters
- 223 mthe deepest lake on record here
Open the live mapEvery lake in the Peace on one map, with the week ahead on each.
Fishing best in the Peace right now
Our 1 to 100 score on each lake's own coordinate, highest first. Rebuilt every morning.
- 94Beaver Lake15° / 6° · wind 13
Best day Friday, 94
- 91Andy Bailey (Jackfish) Lake15° / 7° · wind 13
Best day Tuesday, 92
- 91Evie Lake15° / 7° · wind 12
Best day Friday, 91
- 84West Lake15° / 3° · wind 15
Best day Tuesday, 92
- 82Chunamun Lake12° / 6° · wind 14
Best day Monday, 90
- 81Inga Lake13° / 6° · wind 17
Best day Tuesday, 93
What is in the Peace
- 54 lakes mapped on their own coordinates
- 7 trophy class waters, fish in the 5 lb and up range
- 26 have camping at a rec site or provincial park
- 34 open to ice fishing under the regulations on file
Best trophy trout lakes in the Peace
- Charlie Lake
- Gwillim Lake
- Moberly Lake
- Muncho Lake
Famous for its stunning jade-green glacial color caused by dissolved copper oxide minerals, Muncho Lake sits in a rugged fold of the Northern Rocky Mountains along the Alaska Highway. It is legendary for monster lake trout reaching up to 30-40 lbs.
- One Island Lake
- Redfern Lake
- Swan Lake
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Every lake we cover in the Peace, with today's conditions
| Lake | Score | High / low | Wind | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inga Lake | 81 | 13° / 6° | 17 | 4.3 m |
| Boot Lake | 68 | 9° / 3° | 16 | 6 m |
| Charlie Lake | 50 | 12° / 6° | 21 | 15.0 m |
| Big Lake | 77 | 11° / 5° | 17 | 12.0 m |
| Cecil Lake | 54 | 11° / 6° | 22 | Not surveyed |
| Stewart Lake | 73 | 11° / 4° | 17 | 7.5 m |
| Sundance Lake | 66 | 11° / 4° | 14 | Not surveyed |
| Beattie Lake | − | 11° / 2° | 13 | Not surveyed |
| Moberly Lake | 42 | 12° / 7° | 16 | 42.7 m |
| Swan Lake | 59 | 10° / 5° | 19 | 7.6 m |
| Boulder Lake | − | 7° / -1° | 13 | 16.7 m |
| Cameron Lakes | 73 | 12° / 6° | 14 | 3.8 m |
| Carbon Lake | 72 | 12° / 5° | 12 | 26.0 m |
| Clearwater Lake | 81 | 11° / 3° | 15 | 3.5 m |
| Lifeline Lake | 77 | 12° / 3° | 15 | 3 m |
| North Cameron Lake | 77 | 12° / 6° | 14 | Not surveyed |
| One Island Lake | 54 | 10° / 3° | 18 | 10.67 m |
| Toms Lake | 81 | 10° / 5° | 19 | 1.22 m |
| Chunamun Lake | 82 | 12° / 6° | 14 | Not surveyed |
| Crooked Lake | 79 | 15° / 3° | 15 | Not surveyed |
| Redfern Lake | 71 | 11° / 3° | 11 | 81.0 m |
| Andy Bailey (Jackfish) Lake | 91 | 15° / 7° | 13 | 9.5 m |
| Gwillim Lake | 48 | 10° / 4° | 13 | 48.0 m |
| Heart Lake | 79 | 12° / 4° | 14 | 19.8 m |
| Long Mountain Lake | 70 | 12° / 3° | 16 | 28 m |
| Maxhamish Lake | 61 | 15° / 6° | 15 | 12 m |
| Muncho Lake | 48 | 13° / 6° | 14 | 223 m |
| Simpson Lake | − | 10° / 2° | 14 | Not surveyed |
| Stony Lake | − | 9° / 2° | 13 | 7.0 m |
| Tommy Lakes | 72 | 14° / 5° | 16 | Not surveyed |
| West Lake | 84 | 15° / 3° | 15 | Not surveyed |
| Bearhole Lake | − | 9° / 2° | 15 | 11.0 m |
| Beaver Lake | 94 | 15° / 6° | 13 | Not surveyed |
| Belcourt Lake | − | 6° / 2° | 12 | 5.0 m |
| Cecilia Lake | − | 6° / 2° | 18 | 74.0 m |
| Denetiah Lake | 71 | 11° / 5° | 9 | 60.0 m |
| Dimsdale Lake | 66 | 7° / 2° | 11 | 23.5 m |
| Evie Lake | 91 | 15° / 7° | 12 | Not surveyed |
| Fern Lake | 75 | 9° / 3° | 12 | Not surveyed |
| Kakwa Lake | 45 | 6° / 1° | 14 | 24.0 m |
| Letain Lake | − | − | − | 22.5 m |
| Lower Blue Lake | − | − | − | 27.0 m |
| Monkman Lake | − | − | − | 25 m |
| Moose Lake | − | − | − | 10 m |
| Onion Lake | − | − | − | 25 m |
| Parker Lake | − | − | − | 1.1 m |
| Quality Lake | − | − | − | 6.2 m |
| Rainbow Lakes | − | − | − | Not surveyed |
| Robb Lake | − | − | − | Not surveyed |
| South Cameron Lake | − | − | − | Not surveyed |
| Tuchodi Lakes | − | − | − | Not surveyed |
| Tuchodi Lakes | − | − | − | Not surveyed |
| Wapiti Lake | − | − | − | 70.0 m |
| Wright Lake | − | − | − | 13 m |
A dash means we have no observed forecast for that lake right now. We would rather leave it blank than fill it in.
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Data from the BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, the BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis, and Sites and Trails BC.