Canada Fly Guide
Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Windermere Lake

A stillwater in the Columbia River watershed, Expansion of Columbia River, just below headwaters at Columbia Lake, surface area not recorded, holding Brook Trout, Bull Trout and Burbot.
Updated July 30, 2026

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Windermere Lake is a stillwater in the Columbia River watershed, Expansion of Columbia River, just below headwaters at Columbia Lake. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Windermere Lake lies Expansion of Columbia River, just below headwaters at Columbia Lake; in the Columbia River watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 6.4 m, mean 3.4 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Windermere 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 6.4 m, mean 3.4 m
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Brook Trout and Bull Trout
recorded

Conditions

  • Depth: max 6.4 m, mean 3.4 m, Secchi 4 m (BC lake survey 1974-05-27).

Access & the rules

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Windermere 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.