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 #2 is a stocked stillwater in the Duncan Lake watershed. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Grey Horse #2 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 #2 is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 5 recorded releases totalling 3,500 fish (Rainbow Trout), last stocked 1999-06-23.

Stocking record

Grey Horse #2 — 3,500 fish stocked, 1990–1999

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

YearRainbow Trout
1999500
19951,500
1994500
1992500
1990500

Stocking appears to have wound down after 1999. 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 #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
Duncan Lake watershed
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Stocked
put-and-take

Access & the rules

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