The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Coursier Lake

A stillwater in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed, Expansion of South Cranberry Creek, NW side of Shleter Bay, Upper Arrow Lake, surface area not recorded. Confirm the fishery, the launch and the Region 4 rules before you commit a day to it.

Coursier Lake is a stillwater in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed, Expansion of South Cranberry Creek, NW side of Shleter Bay, Upper Arrow Lake. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Coursier Lake lies Expansion of South Cranberry Creek, NW side of Shleter Bay, Upper Arrow Lake; in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 20.7 m, mean 10 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Coursier 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.

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Stillwater
Upper Arrow Lake watershed
water
max 20.7 m, mean 10 m
lake survey

Conditions

  • Depth: max 20.7 m, mean 10 m (BC lake survey 1970-07-01).

Access & the rules

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