Hall Lake Creek is a small tributary of Redding Creek in the upper St. Mary River system, reached from the Kimberley area. Provincial fish-inventory data records just two direct observations here, both Westslope Cutthroat Trout, and no public access point, guide report or creek-specific hatch note has been confirmed. It belongs on the Redding Creek watershed map, but it is not yet a fishing destination in its own right.
The water
NRCan's Geographical Names database lists Hall Lake Creek as an official Kootenay Land District name (key JBLSV) at 49.668333, -116.453889, on map sheet 082F09. It drains into Redding Creek, which in turn joins the St. Mary River, putting it two steps up from the St. Mary mainstem in the drainage. No channel-geometry survey (width, gradient, discharge) has been recorded for this creek, so its practical scale, whether it is a wadeable trickle or something more, is unknown rather than assumed.
The fishing
The signal here is thin. A survey of the local beat network found only two direct fish records for Hall Lake Creek, both Westslope Cutthroat Trout, against 126 for Redding Creek itself and double-digit counts for the sibling tributaries Baribeau Creek, Baker Creek and Parkers Creek. Two records confirm presence, not a fishable population, legal access, or resilience to angling pressure. No creek-specific guide report or fishing log has surfaced; the nearest verified guide coverage covers the St. Mary River mainstem, which is regional context, not proof this creek should be fished.
Where the Redding drainage has been sampled for food base, the working pattern is stonefly nymphs and adults, Caddisflies (Sedges), Mayflies, terrestrials, fry and Sculpin, with the regional hatch spine running Golden Stoneflies near the opener, Green Drakes and Pale Morning Duns through summer, into fall Blue-Winged Olives and October caddis. No hatch sample exists for Hall Lake Creek specifically, but if a legal, fishable reach is confirmed, the working Redding-branch box carries over: Stimulator, Chubby Chernobyl and Royal Wulff as attractors, Adams and Elk Hair Caddis for the hatch, Pat's Rubber Legs, Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail, Prince and Copper John underneath, with a sparse Woolly Bugger or Muddler Minnow only where legal and bull-trout-aware.
Because Redding Creek is a documented Bull Trout spawning tributary with active habitat restoration, the same conservative read carries down to its own small tributaries. If you cross Hall Lake Creek while scouting the drainage, treat it as a look-and-move-on water: photograph habitat, note barriers or temperature, and fish it only where legal access and a fishable reach are confirmed.
Two records, handle with care
Conditions
- Navigability: no channel-geometry survey (width, gradient, discharge) has been recorded for this creek.
- Stocking: no stocking record. Any fish present are wild.
Access and the rules
No named road, trailhead or put-in has been confirmed for Hall Lake Creek specifically. The wider Redding drainage is reached via Redding Creek Road off St. Mary Lake Road, a high-clearance route toward Grey Creek Pass generally passable July through October, but that is travel context for the area, not confirmation of legal fishing access on this creek.
