St. Leon Creek is a stocked stillwater in the Upper Arrow Lake watershed. Surface area not recorded.
The water
St. Leon Creek sits in the Upper Arrow Lake 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. St. Leon Creek is a conservation / recovery stocking program, not a put-grow sport fishery: 8 recorded releases totalling 38,591 fish (Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout), last stocked 2000-07-20.
St. Leon Creek — 38,591 fish stocked, 1990–2000
Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout | Bull Trout |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | · | 2,327 |
| 1998 | · | 1,000 |
| 1995 | 3,468 | · |
| 1994 | 2,187 | 2,800 |
| 1993 | · | 10,000 |
| 1991 | · | 10,002 |
| 1990 | · | 6,807 |
These releases support the population rather than create a stocked fishery, so read the chart as recovery effort, not a fishing forecast.
The fishing
St. Leon 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 ~9.7 m, moderate width; median gradient ~5.92%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~4.006 m³/s, low flow; canyon-confined sections with ~149 m walls (DEM)).
Access & the rules
Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for St. Leon Creek locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.
