Blueberry Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Columbia River. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout.
The water
It flows into Columbia River within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → Columbia River). It runs stream order 4 (mid-range in the network; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 33 km. Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (137 records). The fish-passage model expects Brown Trout, Burbot, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Sturgeon, Yellow Perch here too, since the reach is reachable with no barrier between, though there is no direct record yet. Named tributaries: Judkin Creek.
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Blueberry Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 3 recorded releases totalling 100,000 fish (Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout), last stocked 1942-01-01.
Blueberry Creek — 100,000 fish stocked, 1916–1942
Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout | Brook Trout |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 30,000 | · |
| 1941 | 50,000 | · |
| 1916 | · | 20,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 1942. Confirm whether it is still topped up or now fishes as a residual, wild population. The chart below shows the full release history.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Columbia River, Blueberry Creek fishes the way creeks of its size do: short drifts with a buoyant attractor dry over a light dropper, working the pocket water and the heads of pools. The stocking record below is the truest read on what you will catch.
Conditions
- Navigability: mixed, confirm access and flow before choosing drift vs wade (median channel width ~10.3 m, moderate width; median gradient ~2.92%, moderate; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.797 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Blueberry Creek, meaning the roads in, put-ins and any walk-in or seasonal limits, is worth confirming locally before you commit a day. The drainage map shows how the water sits in its valley.
