Jeb Lake is a small stocked stillwater in the East Kootenay, held by brook trout and rainbow trout on a Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC program that has run, on and off, since 1972.
The water
Jeb Lake covers 10.1 hectares. A provincial fisheries survey on 1991-08-05 found a maximum depth of 23.5 m and a mean depth of 4.8 m, with 4.5 m of Secchi-disk clarity, moderately clear water over a lake that is deeper than its small surface area suggests. That depth is what sets the fishing: a shallow shelf around the shoreline dropping quickly into a cold, deep basin.
The fishing
Jeb fishes as a put-grow stillwater: work a chironomid under an indicator over the shoals in spring and early summer, then switch to a balanced leech or Woolly Bugger worked slow along the drop-offs as the shallows warm and fish slide toward the 23.5 m hole. Both species are stocked as small fish and grow on the lake's natural forage, so the size of anything caught depends on how many seasons it has had since release rather than on the release itself.
Two strains, one release
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Jeb Lake has been stocked 55 times since 1972, totalling roughly 150,050 fish: about 147,050 brook trout and 3,000 rainbow trout. Brook trout have carried most of the historical volume, with rainbow trout added to the mix in recent seasons. It is still an active program, most recently topped up on 2026-06-10, so it fishes as a put-grow water rather than a residual population. The full year-by-year history, coloured by species, is below.
Jeb — 150,050 fish stocked, 1972–2026
Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout | Brook Trout |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 2024 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 2023 | · | 1,000 |
| 2022 | · | 1,000 |
| 2021 | · | 1,000 |
| 2020 | · | 1,000 |
| 2019 | · | 1,000 |
| 2018 | · | 1,000 |
| 2017 | · | 1,000 |
| 2016 | · | 1,000 |
| 2015 | · | 1,000 |
| 2014 | · | 2,500 |
| 2013 | · | 2,500 |
| 2012 | · | 2,500 |
| 2011 | · | 2,500 |
| 2010 | · | 2,500 |
| 2009 | · | 2,500 |
| 2008 | · | 2,500 |
| 2007 | · | 2,500 |
| 2006 | · | 2,500 |
| 2005 | · | 2,500 |
| 2004 | · | 2,500 |
| 2003 | · | 2,500 |
| 2002 | · | 2,500 |
| 2001 | · | 2,500 |
| 2000 | · | 2,500 |
| 1999 | · | 2,500 |
| 1998 | · | 2,500 |
| 1997 | · | 2,500 |
| 1996 | · | 2,500 |
| 1995 | · | 2,500 |
| 1994 | · | 2,500 |
| 1993 | · | 2,500 |
| 1992 | · | 2,500 |
| 1991 | · | 5,000 |
| 1990 | · | 5,000 |
| 1989 | · | 5,000 |
| 1988 | · | 5,000 |
| 1987 | · | 5,000 |
| 1986 | · | 5,000 |
| 1985 | · | 2,000 |
| 1984 | · | 4,000 |
| 1983 | · | 4,000 |
| 1982 | · | 4,000 |
| 1981 | · | 3,550 |
| 1979 | · | 5,000 |
| 1978 | · | 5,000 |
| 1976 | · | 5,000 |
| 1975 | · | 5,000 |
| 1974 | · | 3,000 |
| 1972 | · | 7,000 |
Access and the rules
No confirmed public launch, trailhead or parking area has turned up for Jeb Lake, and its outflow drainage is not established by any source checked so far. Confirm the access road and any seasonal restrictions locally before planning a trip.
