Johnson Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Columbia River. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, White Sturgeon.
The water
It flows into Columbia River within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → Columbia River). It runs stream order 2 (high in the network, near the headwaters; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 2 km. Brook Trout, White Sturgeon, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (5 records). The fish-passage model expects Brown Trout, Bull Trout, Burbot, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye 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. Johnson Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 2 recorded releases totalling 30,000 fish (Brook Trout), last stocked 1957-01-01.
Johnson Creek — 30,000 fish stocked, 1956–1957
Brook Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Brook Trout |
|---|---|
| 1957 | 20,000 |
| 1956 | 10,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 1957. 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, Johnson 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 ~5.5 m, moderate width; median gradient ~12.28%, very steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.428 m³/s, very low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Johnson 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.
