The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Conway

A stocked stillwater in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, surface area not recorded, carrying Rainbow Trout and topped up by the provincial stocking program.

Conway is a stocked stillwater in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Conway sits in the Lower Arrow 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. Conway is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 2 recorded releases totalling 2,000 fish (Rainbow Trout), last stocked 1998-09-30.

Stocking record

Conway — 2,000 fish stocked, 1997–1998

Rainbow Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.

YearRainbow Trout
19981,000
19971,000

Stocking appears to have wound down after 1998. 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

Conway 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.

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Stocked Stillwater
Lower Arrow Lake watershed
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Stocked
put-and-take

Access & the rules

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