The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

Silver Spring

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

Silver Spring #2 is a stocked stillwater in the Bull River watershed. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Silver Spring #2 sits in the Bull 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. Silver Spring #2 is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 31 recorded releases totalling 27,500 fish (Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout), last stocked 2026-05-05.

Stocking record

Silver Spring #2 — 27,500 fish stocked, 1989–2026

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

YearRainbow TroutCutthroat Trout
2026500·
2025500·
2024500·
2023500·
2022500·
2021500·
2020500·
2019500·
2018500·
2017500·
2016500·
2015500·
2014500·
2013500·
2012500·
2011500·
2010500·
2009500·
2008500·
2007500·
2006500·
2004·1,000
2002·1,000
20001,000·
19982,000·
19962,000·
19942,000·
19922,000·
19912,000·
19902,000·
19892,000·

It is still stocked (most recent release 2026-05-05), so it fishes as a put-grow water: this season's fish come from the latest cohorts, topped up to keep it going. The chart below shows the release history by year and species.

The fishing

Silver Spring #2 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
Bull 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 Silver Spring #2 locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.

gavel

Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.