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Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Clanwilliam Lake

A small stillwater at the head of the Eagle River, southwest of Revelstoke. Provincial release records show 42 plantings of rainbow and westslope cutthroat trout between 1935 and 2004, but nothing on the books since, so treat it as a lapsed put-grow fishery until a current report says otherwise.

Clanwilliam Lake sits at the head of the Eagle River, southwest of Revelstoke, in BC's Kootenay-Columbia country. It has a long provincial stocking record, 42 documented releases of rainbow trout and westslope cutthroat trout between 1935 and 2004, but nothing recorded since, so this reads today as a lapsed put-grow fishery rather than an active program.

The water

The lake lies at the head of the Eagle River, which runs on down through Malakwa toward Sicamous and Shuswap Lake. Little is known about its size, depth or shoreline, and the mapped coordinate is the provincial fish-presence point rather than a surveyed centroid or a launch, so treat the pin as approximate.

The fishing

With no current report to draw on, fish Clanwilliam on general stillwater lines until local information narrows it down: chironomids under an indicator over the shoals, leech patterns and attractor retrieves along any drop-off. The historic stocking mix of rainbow and westslope cutthroat suggests a typical Kootenay-Columbia put-grow lake, but with no releases on record since 2004, current fish size, density and even whether a self-sustaining population still exists are all open questions.

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Stillwater
Head of the Eagle River
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Rainbow & cutthroat
42 releases, 1935-2004
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Lapsed put-grow
No release on record since 2004
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Access unconfirmed
No launch or facilities documented
history

A historic stocking record, not a current one

Clanwilliam's release history runs from 1935 to 2004: 42 plantings in total, the last of them 5,000 yearling rainbow trout of Tunkwa strain in 2004. Nothing has been logged since. That gap means this page describes a documented past program, not a confirmed present-day fishery, until a current report or a fresh stocking record says otherwise.

Access and the rules

Confirm access, launch options and parking for Clanwilliam Lake locally before you go. No lake-specific closure or reduced limit applies, so the general Region 4 (Kootenay) rules govern.

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Before you fish

Confirm the current Region 4 (Kootenay) freshwater fishing regulations, including bait, motor and possession limits, before fishing Clanwilliam Lake. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.