The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Xenia Lake

A stillwater in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, Head of Cameron Creek, W of N end of Christina Lake, surface area not recorded. Confirm the fishery, the launch and the Region 4 rules before you commit a day to it.

Xenia Lake is a stillwater in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, Head of Cameron Creek, W of N end of Christina Lake. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Xenia Lake lies Head of Cameron Creek, W of N end of Christina Lake; in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 22.3 m, mean 10.4 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Xenia Lake fishes on classic stillwater lines: chironomids over the shoals, leech and attractor retrieves along the drop-offs, and depth or troll work to the shoal-and-drop-off structure. Match the season and confirm against a local report.

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Stillwater
Lower Arrow Lake watershed
water
max 22.3 m, mean 10.4 m
lake survey

Conditions

  • Depth: max 22.3 m, mean 10.4 m (BC lake survey 1960-08-08).

Access & the rules

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