The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Bear Paw Lake

A stillwater in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, NE of Mount Franklin, W of Lower Arrow Lake, surface area not recorded. Confirm the fishery, the launch and the Region 4 rules before you commit a day to it.

Bear Paw Lake is a stillwater in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, NE of Mount Franklin, W of Lower Arrow Lake. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Bear Paw Lake lies NE of Mount Franklin, W of Lower Arrow Lake; in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 8 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Bear Paw 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.

waves
Stillwater
Lower Arrow Lake watershed
water
max 8 m
lake survey

Conditions

  • Depth: max 8 m, Secchi 3.4 m (BC lake survey 1980-06-19).

Access & the rules

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Bear Paw Lake locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.

gavel

Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.