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Wilkie Creek
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Regulations
Current Region 4 table: Wilkie Creek (4-30) is No Fishing. Do not fish this creek unless the official synopsis or in-season notice changes .
Key points
- Identity: NRCan lists this Kootenay Land District Wilkie Creek at 50.638056, -117.544722; the name repeats elsewhere in B.C., so use this coordinate .
- Fish signal: the named-line extraction found 42 observations: Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Bull Trout, Brook Trout, Burbot, slimy sculpin, sculpin and whitefish .
- Monitoring context: Kootenay Lake bull trout survey recommendations list Wilkie with Lardeau and Ferguson creeks as Trout Lake tributaries recommended for future reconnaissance .
- Access/mining context: MINFILE places Lucky Boy / Copper Chief workings on Trout Mountain overlooking Wilkie Creek, with dirt-road access from the north end of Trout Lake .
- Food: Kokanee, Sculpin, juvenile fish, whitefish, small Mayflies, Caddisflies (Sedges), Stoneflies and Terrestrials (Hoppers, Ants, Beetles).
- Best flies: none recommended while the current regulation says no fishing.
- Guides: no Wilkie Creek-specific fishing-guide coverage found.
Health & stewardship
- Closed water: keep this page for context, not pressure. Respect the no-fishing rule and use the fish data to understand Trout Lake / Lardeau connectivity.
- Mining landscape: old road and mine context means access, disturbance and water-quality observations should be logged carefully if field-checking from public roads.
Open questions
- Confirm whether any updated in-season notice changes the closure, and whether future bull trout reconnaissance material adds redd or barrier detail.
Related
- Humphries Creek - Wilkie child water with inferred fish context.
- Batys Creek - Wilkie child water with inferred fish context.
- Lake Creek - nearby Lardeau-side creek with direct fish signal.
- Poplar Creek - Lardeau-side bull trout spawning-system creek.
- Bull Trout - conservation-sensitive char.
- Kokanee - key forage and spawning signal.
Stocking record
Wilkie Creek — 91,000 fish stocked, 1971–1996
Rainbow Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 5,000 |
| 1995 | 5,000 |
| 1994 | 5,000 |
| 1993 | 5,000 |
| 1992 | 5,000 |
| 1991 | 4,000 |
| 1990 | 10,000 |
| 1989 | 10,000 |
| 1988 | 10,000 |
| 1987 | 10,000 |
| 1986 | 10,000 |
| 1985 | 3,000 |
| 1982 | 2,000 |
| 1972 | 5,000 |
| 1971 | 2,000 |
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