The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Diorite

A stocked stillwater in the Bull River watershed, surface area not recorded, carrying Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout and topped up by the provincial stocking program.

Diorite #2 is a stocked stillwater in the Bull River watershed. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Diorite #2 sits in the Bull River 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. Diorite #2 is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 7 recorded releases totalling 17,770 fish (Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout), last stocked 1998-09-28.

Stocking record

Diorite #2 — 17,770 fish stocked, 1980–1998

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

YearCutthroat Trout
19981,000
19961,000
19941,000
19923,000
19833,500
19813,270
19805,000

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

Diorite #2 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
Bull River watershed
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Stocked
put-and-take

Access & the rules

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Diorite #2 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.