The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Fawn Lake

A stillwater in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed, E of Peters Lake in Monashee Provincial Park, NE of Vernon, surface area not recorded. Confirm the fishery, the launch and the Region 4 rules before you commit a day to it.

Fawn Lake is a stillwater in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed, E of Peters Lake in Monashee Provincial Park, NE of Vernon. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Fawn Lake lies E of Peters Lake in Monashee Provincial Park, NE of Vernon; in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 4.6 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Fawn 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 4.6 m
lake survey

Conditions

  • Depth: max 4.6 m (BC lake survey 1979-08-30).

Access & the rules

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