Springer Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Slocan River. Recorded fish: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout.
The water
It flows into Slocan River within the Slocan River watershed (Slocan River → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 3 (mid-range in the network; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 14 km. Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (38 records). Named tributaries: Dayton Creek, Little Tim Creek, Speculator Creek, Tobin Creek, Algiers Creek, Bettina Creek.
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Springer Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 8 recorded releases totalling 360,600 fish (Kokanee, Rainbow Trout), last stocked 2000-05-18.
Springer Creek — 360,600 fish stocked, 1930–2000
Rainbow Trout, Kokanee. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout | Kokanee |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | · | 10,400 |
| 1999 | · | 10,200 |
| 1998 | · | 10,000 |
| 1942 | · | 50,000 |
| 1941 | · | 50,000 |
| 1940 | 10,000 | · |
| 1933 | 20,000 | · |
| 1930 | · | 200,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 2000. 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 Slocan River, Springer 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: wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~8.4 m, moderate width; median gradient ~8.89%, very steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.204 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Springer 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.
