The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Eimar

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

Eimar is a stocked stillwater in the St. Mary River watershed. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Eimar sits in the St. Mary 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. Eimar is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 21 recorded releases totalling 16,275 fish (Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, Brook Trout), last stocked 2013-06-05.

Stocking record

Eimar — 16,275 fish stocked, 1986–2013

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

YearRainbow TroutCutthroat TroutBrook Trout
2013200··
2012200··
2011125··
2010500··
2009250··
2005·500·
2003·500·
2000··1,000
1999··1,000
1998··1,000
1996··1,000
1995··1,000
1994··1,000
1993··1,000
1992··1,000
1991··1,000
1990··1,000
1989··1,000
1988··1,000
1987··1,000
1986··1,000

Stocking appears to have wound down after 2013. 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

Eimar 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
St. Mary 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 Eimar 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.