The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Lower Halgrave Lake

A stillwater in the Columbia River watershed, Between Frances Creek and Steamboat Mountain, surface area not recorded, holding Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout and Cutthroat Trout.

Lower Halgrave Lake is a stillwater in the Columbia River watershed, Between Frances Creek and Steamboat Mountain. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Lower Halgrave Lake lies Between Frances Creek and Steamboat Mountain; in the Columbia River watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 9.1 m, mean 2 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Lower Halgrave Lake fishes on classic stillwater lines: chironomids over the shoals, leech and attractor retrieves along the drop-offs, and depth or troll work to the shoal-and-drop-off structure. Match the season and confirm against a local report.

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Stillwater
Columbia River watershed
water
max 9.1 m, mean 2 m
lake survey
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Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout and Cutthroat Trout
recorded

Conditions

  • Depth: max 9.1 m, mean 2 m, Secchi 5.3 m (BC lake survey 1991-07-23).

Access & the rules

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Lower Halgrave Lake 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.