Lower Halgrave Lake is a stocked 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.
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Lower Halgrave Lake is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 36 recorded releases totalling 253,000 fish (Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, Cutthroat Trout), last stocked 2025-06-04.
Upper Halgrave Lake — 253,000 fish stocked, 1938–2025
Cutthroat Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Cutthroat Trout |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,000 |
| 2022 | 2,000 |
| 2021 | 2,000 |
| 2019 | 2,000 |
| 2016 | 3,000 |
| 2014 | 2,000 |
| 2012 | 2,000 |
| 2010 | 2,000 |
| 2008 | 2,000 |
| 2006 | 2,000 |
| 2004 | 2,000 |
| 2002 | 2,000 |
| 2000 | 2,000 |
| 1998 | 2,000 |
| 1996 | 2,000 |
| 1994 | 2,000 |
| 1992 | 2,000 |
| 1990 | 2,000 |
| 1989 | 2,000 |
| 1976 | 10,000 |
| 1972 | 20,000 |
| 1970 | 2,000 |
| 1969 | 8,000 |
| 1968 | 10,000 |
| 1964 | 11,375 |
| 1963 | 21,000 |
| 1962 | 20,000 |
| 1950 | 10,000 |
| 1949 | 6,000 |
| 1947 | 10,000 |
| 1946 | 7,500 |
| 1942 | 15,000 |
| 1941 | 18,125 |
| 1940 | 15,000 |
| 1939 | 15,000 |
| 1938 | 15,000 |
It is still stocked (most recent release 2025-06-04), so it fishes as a put-grow water: this season's fish come from the latest cohorts, topped up to keep it going. The chart below shows the release history by year and species.
The fishing
Lower Halgrave Lake fishes as a put-grow stillwater: work chironomids under an indicator over the shoals in spring, then leech and attractor retrieves along the drop-offs as the shallows warm. The stocking record below is the truest read on the size and cohort of fish you will find.
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.
