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Rosebud Creek

A stocked creek in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, a tributary of Salmo River, carrying Rainbow Trout and Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout and topped up by the provincial stocking program.
Updated July 27, 2026

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Rosebud Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Salmo River. Recorded fish: Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout.

The water

It flows into Salmo River within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → Columbia 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 4 km. Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data. 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.

Stocking

For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Rosebud Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 1 recorded release totalling 21,916 fish (Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout), last stocked None.

Stocking record

Rosebud Creek — 21,916 fish stocked, 1930–1930

Cutthroat Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.

YearCutthroat Trout
193021,916

Stocking appears to have wound down after None. 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 Salmo River, Rosebud 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.

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Tributary Creek
Lower Arrow Lake watershed
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Stream order 4
~4 km
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Rainbow Trout and Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout
recorded
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Stocked
stocked

Conditions

  • Navigability: wade water: narrow channel, fish on foot (median channel width ~2.5 m, narrow; median gradient ~5.98%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.153 m³/s, very low flow).

Access & the rules

Access for Rosebud 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.

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Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go This water is part of the Salmo River system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.