Boulder Creek is a stocked stillwater in the Kootenay Lake watershed. Surface area not recorded.
The water
Boulder Creek sits in the Kootenay Lake watershed, covering surface area not recorded.
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
Boulder Creek 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
- 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
Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Boulder Creek locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.
