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Rivers & Lakes · Perry Creek Tributary

Limerick Creek

A small, low-profile tributary of Perry Creek in the St. Mary River drainage. Provincial fish-inventory data holds a single record here, an unidentified fish, so there is no confirmed trout population to plan a trip around, only a regulation-and-access question to answer if you're passing through the Perry Creek system.

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Limerick Creek is a small tributary of Perry Creek in the St. Mary River drainage of BC's East Kootenay. Provincial fish-inventory data holds exactly one direct record here, logged only as an unidentified fish, so there is no confirmed sportfish population, just a name on the map and a set of regulations to respect if you're passing through the Perry Creek system.

The water

Natural Resources Canada lists Limerick Creek as an official Kootenay Land District creek, key JADMD, at 49.450833, -116.116389. It joins Perry Creek, which in turn flows down to the St. Mary River near Cranbrook. No stream-order, channel-width or discharge survey has reached this creek in the data checked, so there is no channel geometry to report here, only the drainage relationship and a single presence record for fish in general.

The fishing

With a single unidentified fish record and no verified guide coverage, Limerick Creek is not a confirmed destination fishery. Don't assume trout: the one record on file could not be identified to species, and it is the only evidence of fish life logged for this creek. If a westslope cutthroat trout, bull trout or brook trout does turn up, fish it like the rest of the small Perry Creek tributaries: short drifts with an Adams or Elk Hair Caddis on top and a Hare's Ear or Pheasant Tail underneath, with quick, gentle release handling given the catch-and-release rule on native trout and char.

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Perry Creek tributary
Flows into Perry Creek, then the St. Mary River
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1 unidentified fish
The only direct record in provincial data
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Classified Water rules
Perry Creek CW covers tributaries
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Small headwater water
Likely wade-only, fishery unconfirmed
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One record, unknown species

Provincial fish-inventory data holds exactly one direct record for Limerick Creek, logged only as an unidentified fish. That is not enough to call this a trout water. Treat any catch here as noteworthy, and if you can identify it, that's more than the record currently shows.

Access and the rules

No public access point, trailhead or put-in has been confirmed for Limerick Creek. It sits within the Perry Creek drainage off the St. Mary River road system near Cranbrook, but a specific approach to the creek itself has not been verified.

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Before you fish

Limerick Creek falls under the Perry Creek Classified Water rules (Region 4-20), which cover tributaries: bait ban, cutthroat trout and bull trout catch-and-release, brook trout daily quota 20, and Class II status when and where open. Non-resident anglers need the St. Mary River classified licence. Confirm the current Region 4 synopsis before fishing the drainage.

Conditions

  • Navigability: no channel-geometry survey is on record for Limerick Creek. Treat it as small, technical, headwater water until it is proven otherwise.
  • Stocking: no stocking record. This is not a put-and-take fishery.