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Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Monroe Creek

A stocked stillwater in the St. Mary River watershed, ~54.3 ha surface area, carrying Rainbow Trout and topped up by the provincial stocking program.

Monroe Creek is a stocked stillwater in the St. Mary River watershed. ~54.3 ha surface area.

The water

Monroe Creek sits in the St. Mary River watershed, covering ~54.3 ha surface area.

Stocking

For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Monroe Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 1 recorded release totalling 13,200 fish (Rainbow Trout), last stocked 1932-01-01.

Stocking record

Monroe Creek — 13,200 fish stocked, 1932–1932

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

YearRainbow Trout
193213,200

Stocking appears to have wound down after 1932. 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

Monroe 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
St. Mary River watershed
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54.3 ha
surface area
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Stocked
put-and-take

Access & the rules

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