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Rivers & Lakes · Stocked Stillwater

White Boar Lake

A stocked stillwater in the St. Mary River watershed, NW. of head of Mallandaine Creek, ~19.3 ha surface area, carrying Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout and topped up by the provincial stocking program.

White Boar Lake is a stocked stillwater in the St. Mary River watershed, NW. of head of Mallandaine Creek. ~19.3 ha surface area.

The water

White Boar Lake lies NW. of head of Mallandaine Creek; in the St. Mary River watershed. It covers ~19.3 ha surface area.

Stocking

For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. White Boar Lake is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 7 recorded releases totalling 17,180 fish (Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout), last stocked 1994-09-01.

Stocking record

White Boar Lake — 17,180 fish stocked, 1981–1994

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

YearCutthroat Trout
19942,000
19922,000
19905,000
19862,000
19852,000
19832,000
19812,180

Stocking appears to have wound down after 1994. 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

White Boar Lake 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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19.3 ha
surface area
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Stocked
put-and-take

Conditions

  • Water-health signal: poor (health index 8), 1 species over 9 observations.

Access & the rules

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