Peavine Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Moyie River. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, 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 19 km. Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (87 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: Prudhomme Creek.
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Peavine Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 46 recorded releases totalling 1,737,110 fish (Kokanee, Brook Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat/Rainbow cross, Cutthroat Trout), last stocked 1994-04-11.
Peavine Creek — 1,737,110 fish stocked, 1929–1994
Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Brook Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout | Cutthroat Trout | Kokanee | Brook Trout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | · | · | 50,000 | · |
| 1958 | · | · | · | 10,000 |
| 1954 | · | 8,500 | · | · |
| 1953 | · | 35,485 | · | · |
| 1950 | 8,233 | · | 30,000 | · |
| 1949 | 25,000 | · | · | · |
| 1948 | · | 19,200 | · | · |
| 1947 | 19,015 | 105,440 | · | · |
| 1946 | 17,500 | 35,965 | · | · |
| 1945 | 87,890 | 39,060 | · | · |
| 1944 | 32,385 | 23,555 | · | · |
| 1943 | 30,000 | 30,000 | · | · |
| 1942 | 30,000 | 18,220 | · | · |
| 1941 | 17,595 | 30,000 | 75,000 | · |
| 1940 | 4,867 | 53,000 | · | · |
| 1939 | · | 59,790 | · | · |
| 1938 | 26,030 | 50,380 | · | · |
| 1932 | · | 175,900 | · | · |
| 1931 | 33,400 | 190,700 | · | · |
| 1930 | · | 140,000 | · | · |
| 1929 | · | 225,000 | · | · |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 1994. 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, Peavine 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 ~5.1 m, moderate width; median gradient ~0.95%, very gentle; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.445 m³/s, very low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Peavine 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.
