Aid Lake is a stocked stillwater in the Kootenay–Columbia basin, Expansion of Succour Creek, E of S end Columbia Reach Kinbasket Lake. Surface area not recorded.
The water
Aid Lake lies Expansion of Succour Creek, E of S end Columbia Reach Kinbasket Lake; in the Kootenay–Columbia basin. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 5 m, mean 2.4 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. Aid Lake is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 28 recorded releases totalling 83,667 fish (Rainbow Trout), last stocked 2003-05-12.
Aid Lake — 83,667 fish stocked, 1974–2003
Rainbow Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 1,500 |
| 2002 | 1,500 |
| 2001 | 1,500 |
| 2000 | 1,500 |
| 1999 | 1,500 |
| 1998 | 1,500 |
| 1997 | 1,500 |
| 1996 | 1,500 |
| 1995 | 1,500 |
| 1994 | 1,500 |
| 1993 | 1,500 |
| 1992 | 1,500 |
| 1991 | 1,500 |
| 1990 | 1,500 |
| 1989 | 2,167 |
| 1988 | 3,000 |
| 1987 | 2,000 |
| 1986 | 5,000 |
| 1985 | 5,000 |
| 1984 | 2,000 |
| 1983 | 5,000 |
| 1982 | 5,000 |
| 1981 | 5,500 |
| 1980 | 5,000 |
| 1979 | 5,000 |
| 1978 | 5,000 |
| 1975 | 5,000 |
| 1974 | 8,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 2003. 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
Aid 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 5 m, mean 2.4 m, Secchi 5 m (BC lake survey 1984-07-04).
Access & the rules
Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Aid Lake locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.
