The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Line Creek

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

Line Creek is a stocked stillwater in the Elk River watershed. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Line Creek sits in the Elk River 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. Line Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 1 recorded release totalling 5,000 fish (Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout), last stocked 1983-09-01.

Stocking record

Line Creek — 5,000 fish stocked, 1983–1983

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

YearCutthroat Trout
19835,000

Stocking appears to have wound down after 1983. 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

Line Creek 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 Line Creek 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.