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Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Harriet Lake

A stocked stillwater in the Elk River watershed, E. of Elk River and Grave Lake, surface area not recorded, carrying Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout and topped up by the provincial stocking program.

Harriet Lake is a stocked stillwater in the Elk River watershed, E. of Elk River and Grave Lake. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Harriet Lake lies E. of Elk River and Grave Lake; in the Elk River watershed. It covers surface area not recorded.

Stocking

For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Harriet Lake is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 5 recorded releases totalling 13,000 fish (Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout), last stocked 2002-10-02.

Stocking record

Harriet Lake — 13,000 fish stocked, 1985–2002

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

YearCutthroat Trout
20021,000
19922,000
19894,000
19862,000
19854,000

Stocking appears to have wound down after 2002. 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

Harriet Lake 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
Elk 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 Harriet 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.