The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Grey Horse

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

Grey Horse #1 is a stocked stillwater in the Duncan Lake watershed. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Grey Horse #1 sits in the Duncan 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. Grey Horse #1 is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 14 recorded releases totalling 11,000 fish (Rainbow Trout), last stocked 2022-10-18.

Stocking record

Grey Horse #1 — 11,000 fish stocked, 1990–2022

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

YearRainbow Trout
20221,000
20201,000
20181,000
20161,000
20141,000
20121,000
20101,000
20081,000
2006500
1999500
1997500
1994500
1992500
1990500

Stocking appears to have wound down after 2022. 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

Grey Horse #1 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.

waves
Stocked Stillwater
Duncan Lake watershed
egg
Stocked
put-and-take

Access & the rules

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Grey Horse #1 locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.

gavel

Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.