Springer Creek is a stocked stillwater in the Slocan River watershed. Surface area not recorded.
The water
Springer Creek sits in the Slocan 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. Springer Creek is a kokanee program, a mix of forage stocking and a put-and-take sport fishery: 8 recorded releases totalling 360,600 fish (Kokanee, Rainbow Trout), last stocked 2000-05-18.
Springer Creek — 360,600 fish stocked, 1930–2000
Rainbow Trout, Kokanee. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout | Kokanee |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | · | 10,400 |
| 1999 | · | 10,200 |
| 1998 | · | 10,000 |
| 1942 | · | 50,000 |
| 1941 | · | 50,000 |
| 1940 | 10,000 | · |
| 1933 | 20,000 | · |
| 1930 | · | 200,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 2000. 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
Springer 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.
Conditions
- Navigability: wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~8.4 m, moderate width; median gradient ~8.89%, very steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.204 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Springer Creek locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.
