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Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Jeb

A stocked stillwater in the Kootenay–Columbia basin, surface area not recorded, carrying Brook Trout and Rainbow Trout and topped up by the provincial stocking program.

Jeb is a stocked stillwater in the Kootenay–Columbia basin. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Jeb sits in the Kootenay–Columbia basin, covering surface area not recorded.

Stocking

For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Jeb is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 55 recorded releases totalling 150,050 fish (Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout), last stocked 2026-06-10.

Stocking record

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.

YearRainbow TroutBrook Trout
20261,0001,000
20251,0001,000
20241,0001,000
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

It is still stocked (most recent release 2026-06-10), so it fishes as a put-grow water: this season's fish come from the latest cohorts, topped up to keep it going. The chart below shows the release history by year and species.

The fishing

Jeb 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
Kootenay–Columbia basin
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Stocked
put-and-take

Access & the rules

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Jeb 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.