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Lower Halgrave Lake

A stillwater in the Columbia River watershed, Between Frances Creek and Steamboat Mountain, surface area not recorded, holding Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout and Cutthroat Trout.
Updated July 7, 2026

Lower Halgrave Lake is a stillwater in the Columbia River watershed, Between Frances Creek and Steamboat Mountain. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Lower Halgrave Lake lies Between Frances Creek and Steamboat Mountain; in the Columbia River watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 9.1 m, mean 2 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Lower Halgrave Lake fishes on classic stillwater lines: chironomids over the shoals, leech and attractor retrieves along the drop-offs, and depth or troll work to the shoal-and-drop-off structure. Match the season and confirm against a local report.

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Stillwater
Columbia River watershed
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max 9.1 m, mean 2 m
lake survey
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Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout and Cutthroat Trout
recorded

Conditions

  • Depth: max 9.1 m, mean 2 m, Secchi 5.3 m (BC lake survey 1991-07-23).

Access & the rules

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Lower Halgrave Lake locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.

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Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.