Boulder Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Wild Horse River. Fish presence expected but not yet confirmed by direct records.
The water
It flows into Wild Horse River within the St. Mary River watershed (St. Mary River → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 4 (mid-range in the network; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 8 km. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout expected, since this water connects to recorded fish habitat with no barrier between, though it has no direct records of its own yet.
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Boulder Creek is a kokanee program, a mix of forage stocking and a put-and-take sport fishery: 6 recorded releases totalling 2,266,460 fish (Kokanee), last stocked 2010-10-22.
Boulder Creek — 2,266,460 fish stocked, 1958–2010
Kokanee. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Kokanee |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,220,639 |
| 2008 | 300,000 |
| 2007 | 149,792 |
| 2006 | 206,029 |
| 2005 | 300,000 |
| 1958 | 90,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 2010. 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 Wild Horse River, Boulder 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 ~5.7 m, moderate width; median gradient ~10.63%, very steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.703 m³/s, very low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Boulder 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.
