Ice fishing in British Columbia

British Columbia has 6,430 named lakes on this site. These are the 100 next best-documented ones, with size, nearest town and fish species where known, a summary of the provincial fishing regulations and angler ice reports. Ice thickness changes daily: measure it yourself before you go out.

Lakes

• Little Shuswap Lake, 17.6 km², near Chase: Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Chinook Salmon, Burbot, Mountain Whitefish, Coho Salmon,…
• Mara Lake, 17.6 km², near Sicamous: Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Burbot, Coho Salmon, Mountain Whitefish, Kokanee, Lake…
• Whatshan Lake, 17.6 km², near Nakusp: Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Bull Trout, Dolly Varden
• Tesla Lake, 17.2 km², near Bella Coola: Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Hall Lake, 17 km², near Carcross: Lake Trout, Arctic Grayling
• Sheridan Lake, 16.5 km², near 100 Mile House: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Burbot
• Tatsamenie Lake, 16.4 km², near Dease Lake: Lake Trout, Coho Salmon, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Dolly Varden
• Troitsa Lake, 16.2 km², near Houston: Rainbow Trout
• Windermere Lake, 16.2 km², near Invermere: Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Burbot, Bull…
• Nulki Lake, 16.1 km², near Vanderhoof: Rainbow Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Kokanee
• Alouette Lake, 15.8 km², near Maple Ridge: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout, Lake Trout, Dolly Varden, Coho…
• Victoria Lake, 15.8 km², near Port Alice: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden
• Muncho Lake, 15.3 km², near Fort Nelson: Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Grayling
• Kitchener Lake, 14.1 km², near Iskut: Rainbow Trout
• Moose Lake, 14 km², near Valemount: Rainbow Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Bull Trout
• Woss Lake, 14 km², near Tahsis: Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
• Bridge Lake, 13.7 km², near 100 Mile House: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Burbot, Arctic Char
• Lakelse Lake, 13.7 km², near Terrace: Atlantic Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Chinook…
• Natowite Lake, 13.6 km², near Granisle: Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish
• Uncha Lake, 13.6 km², near Burns Lake: Burbot, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Deadwood Lake, 13.5 km², near Watson Lake: Mountain Whitefish, Burbot, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout
• Summit Lake, 13.4 km², near Prince George: Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Burbot, Northern Pike, Bull Trout, Lake Whitefish
• Morrison Lake, 13.3 km², near Takla Landing: Rainbow Trout, Burbot, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Coho Salmon,…
• Kazchek Lake, 13 km², near Fort St. James: Lake Whitefish, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
• Burns Lake, 12.6 km², near Burns Lake: Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish
• Duck Lake, 12.1 km², near Wynndel: Bull Trout, Largemouth Bass, Mountain Whitefish, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
• Coquitlam Lake, 12 km², near Anmore: Kokanee, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden
• Chilliwack Lake, 11.8 km², near Bridal Falls: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Mountain…
• Choelquoit Lake, 11.8 km², near Hanceville: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
• Kitlope Lake, 11.8 km², near Klemtu: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
• Decker Lake, 11.7 km², near Burns Lake: Burbot, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Haslam Lake, 11.6 km², near Powell River: Kokanee, Cutthroat Trout, Coho Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Rainbow Trout
• Jesse Lake, 11.6 km², near Kitimat: Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Coho Salmon
• Deka Lake, 11.5 km², near 100 Mile House: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout
• Pondosy Lake, 11.2 km², near Bella Coola: Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Fantail Lake, 11.1 km², near Carcross: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Arctic Grayling
• Eagle (Murphy) Lake, 11 km², near 108 Mile Ranch: Rainbow Trout
• Alice Lake, 10.9 km², near Port Alice: Cutthroat Trout, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Chinook Salmon
• Crooked Lake, 10.9 km², near 108 Mile Ranch: Rainbow Trout
• Gwillim Lake, 10.9 km², near Tumbler Ridge: Burbot, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike,…
• Racine Lake, 10.9 km², near Carcross: Burbot, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout
• Kelsall Lake, 10.8 km², near Carcross: Dolly Varden
• Anchor Lake, 10.7 km², near Klemtu: Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
• Tagetochlain Lake, 10.7 km², near Houston: Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Glatheli Lake, 10.6 km², near Burns Lake: Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout
• Eddontenajon Lake, 10.3 km², near Iskut: Rainbow Trout
• Bowron Lake, 10.2 km², near Quesnel: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Bull Trout, Dolly Varden, Lake Trout,…
• Cariboo Lake, 10.2 km², near Quesnel: Burbot, Dolly Varden, Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Bull Trout
• East Barrière Lake, 10.2 km², near Barrière: Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Mountain Whitefish, Bull Trout
• Kloch Lake, 10.2 km², near Takla Landing: Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Lake Whitefish
• Nome Lake, 10.2 km², near Upper Liard: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout
• Tsuniah Lake, 10.2 km², near Hanceville: Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout
• Garibaldi Lake, 10.1 km², near Whistler: Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout
• Meek Lake, 10.1 km², near Dease Lake: Rainbow Trout
• Thinahtea Lake, 10 km², near Rainbow Lake: Northern Pike
• Davie Lake, 9.66 km², near Prince George: Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Tachilta Lakes, 9.6 km², near Dease Lake: Arctic Grayling
• Dall Lake, 9.52 km², near Dease Lake: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Dolly Varden, Bull Trout
• Nimpo Lake, 9.44 km², near Anahim Lake: Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout, Dolly Varden
• Pennask Lake, 9.44 km², near Aspen Grove: Rainbow Trout
• Kakiddi Lake, 9.39 km², near Iskut: Rainbow Trout, Coho Salmon
• Klinkit Lake, 9.17 km², near Upper Liard: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Burbot, Cutthroat Trout
• Nadina Lake, 9.17 km², near Houston: Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Tatelkuz Lake, 9.14 km², near Fraser Lake: Burbot, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Bonanza Lake, 9.11 km², near Alert Bay: Rainbow Trout, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Kokanee
• Wood Lake, 9.1 km², near Oyama: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
• Augier Lake, 9.07 km², near Burns Lake: Rainbow Trout, Burbot, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
• Jennings Lakes, 9.04 km², near Upper Liard: Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish
• Denetiah Lake, 9 km², near Dease Lake: Rainbow Trout
• Weedon Lake, 9 km², near Mackenzie: Burbot, Dolly Varden, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Camsell Lake, 8.94 km², near Fort St. James: Rainbow Trout
• Swan Lake, 8.87 km², near Upper Liard: Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
• Simpson Lake, 8.86 km², near Kitimat: Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Kokanee
• Klua Lakes, 8.82 km², near Fort Nelson: Walleye, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Burbot
• Fulmore Lake, 8.76 km², near Sayward: Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Coho Salmon
• Fortress Lake, 8.71 km², near Jasper: Brook Trout
• Stony Lake, 8.7 km², near Quesnel: Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Bull Trout
• Dinosaur Lake, 8.57 km², near Beryl Prairie: Rainbow Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Lake Whitefish, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Bull Trout
• Naltesby Lake, 8.44 km², near Vanderhoof: Rainbow Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Lake Whitefish, Kokanee, Burbot
• Kedahda Lake, 8.39 km², near Dease Lake: Burbot, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout
• Yakoun Lake, 8.39 km², near Daajing Giids: Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout
• Binta Lake, 8.35 km², near Burns Lake: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Lucas Lake, 8.34 km², near Fraser Lake: Burbot, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
• Eaglet Lake, 8.3 km², near Prince George: Rainbow Trout, Burbot, Bull Trout, Dolly Varden, Mountain Whitefish
• Finger Lake, 8.28 km², near Vanderhoof: Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Kokanee
• Vernon Lake, 8.22 km², near Tahsis: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden
• Ahbau Lake, 8.15 km², near Quesnel: Rainbow Trout
• Horne Lake, 8.14 km², near Bowser: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Coho Salmon, Brook Trout
• Red Bluff Lake, 8.14 km², near Kitimat: Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee
• Tzenzaicut Lake, 8.1 km², near Quesnel: Rainbow Trout
• Heydon Lake, 8.09 km², near Sayward: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
• Purden Lake, 8.05 km², near Prince George: Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Burbot
• Cold Fish Lake, 8 km², near Iskut: Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Burbot, Bull Trout, Arctic Grayling,…
• Pelly Lake, 7.98 km², near Takla Landing: Dolly Varden, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• Blanchet Lake, 7.84 km², near Burns Lake: Rainbow Trout
• Weissener Lake, 7.84 km², near Fort Nelson: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
• McBride Lake, 7.82 km², near Houston: Burbot, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Coho Salmon, Lake Whitefish
• Kitwancool Lake, 7.78 km², near Kitwanga: Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Chinook Salmon, Rainbow…
• Kostal Lake, 7.72 km², near Clearwater: Rainbow Trout
• Elliott Lake, 7.63 km², near Granisle: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Rainbow Trout

Guides

• Ice thickness guidance
• Walleye ice fishing
• Northern Pike ice fishing
• Yellow Perch ice fishing
• Lake Whitefish ice fishing
• Mountain Whitefish ice fishing
• Burbot ice fishing
• Lake Trout ice fishing
• Rainbow Trout ice fishing

Other provinces

• Ice fishing in Alberta
• Ice fishing in Manitoba
• Ice fishing in New Brunswick
• Ice fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Ice fishing in Nova Scotia
• Ice fishing in Northwest Territories
• Ice fishing in Nunavut
• Ice fishing in Ontario
• Ice fishing in Prince Edward Island
• Ice fishing in Quebec
• Ice fishing in Saskatchewan
• Ice fishing in Yukon

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