The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Baptiste Lake

A stillwater in the Columbia River watershed, E of Columbia River at Edgewater, N of Invermere, surface area not recorded. Confirm the fishery, the launch and the Region 4 rules before you commit a day to it.

Baptiste Lake is a stillwater in the Columbia River watershed, E of Columbia River at Edgewater, N of Invermere. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Baptiste Lake lies E of Columbia River at Edgewater, N of Invermere; in the Columbia River watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 5.8 m, mean 2.8 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Baptiste 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
water
max 5.8 m, mean 2.8 m
lake survey

Conditions

  • Depth: max 5.8 m, mean 2.8 m (BC lake survey 1969-06-09).

Access & the rules

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