Campbell Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Kootenay River. Recorded fish: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout.
The water
It flows into Kootenay River within the Kootenay Lake watershed (Kootenay Lake → Kootenay 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 21 km. Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (26 records). The fish-passage model expects Bull Trout here too, since the reach is reachable with no barrier between, though there is no direct record yet.
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Campbell Creek is a kokanee program, a mix of forage stocking and a put-and-take sport fishery: 5 recorded releases totalling 300,000 fish (Kokanee), last stocked 1945-01-01.
Campbell Creek — 300,000 fish stocked, 1939–1945
Kokanee. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Kokanee |
|---|---|
| 1945 | 50,000 |
| 1943 | 100,000 |
| 1942 | 50,000 |
| 1940 | 50,000 |
| 1939 | 50,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 1945. 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 Kootenay River, Campbell 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: wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~10.4 m, moderate width; median gradient ~5.96%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~2.484 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Campbell 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.
