Lamb Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Moyie River. Recorded fish: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout.
The water
It flows into Moyie 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 22 km. Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (48 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. Named tributaries: Little Lamb Creek, Whitney Creek, Gold Hill Creek, Tate Creek.
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Lamb Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 17 recorded releases totalling 632,119 fish (Kokanee, Rainbow Trout), last stocked 1998-05-12.
Lamb Creek — 632,119 fish stocked, 1981–1998
Rainbow Trout, Kokanee. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout | Kokanee |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | · | 100,000 |
| 1995 | · | 100,000 |
| 1994 | · | 100,000 |
| 1993 | 34,940 | · |
| 1990 | 3,000 | · |
| 1989 | 3,000 | · |
| 1987 | 3,000 | · |
| 1986 | 3,000 | · |
| 1985 | 2,000 | 125,000 |
| 1984 | 2,000 | · |
| 1983 | 2,000 | 51,000 |
| 1982 | 2,000 | · |
| 1981 | 1,179 | 100,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 1998. 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 Moyie River, Lamb 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 ~7.5 m, moderate width; median gradient ~2.01%, moderate; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.028 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Lamb 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.
