The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Lake Revelstoke

A stocked stillwater in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed, surface area not recorded, carrying Rainbow Trout and topped up by the provincial stocking program.

Lake Revelstoke is a stocked stillwater in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Lake Revelstoke sits in the Upper Arrow 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. Lake Revelstoke is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 9 recorded releases totalling 153,090 fish (Rainbow Trout), last stocked 1994-05-02.

Stocking record

Lake Revelstoke — 133,090 fish stocked, 1990–1994

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

YearRainbow Trout
199420,000
199320,000
199233,958
199139,132
199020,000

Stocking appears to have wound down after 1994. 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

Lake Revelstoke 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
Upper Arrow 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 Lake Revelstoke 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.