Thompson-Nicola
The famous stillwater belt: Kamloops, Tunkwa, Nicola and the Shuswap. Chironomid country, with tackle shops and a deep report community.
Weather, wind and water
Wind, waves and swell (Windy)
What's working now
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- Lures and bait
- The specific gear producing in this region right now - named lures, colours, bait rigs.
- Depths
- The zones fish are being caught at, in feet, so you set the downrigger or leader once.
- Techniques
- How it's being fished - troll speed, drift, jigging cadence - in plain language.
Rolled up from the latest report cards below. It only lists what recent reports actually say - when there's nothing solid, it says so instead of guessing.
Next month's opportunities - November 2026
- Pre-ice stillwater. Rainbows feed hard before freeze-up - leeches and chironomids until the lakes cap.
- Shuswap and Nicola late bite. Cooling temps concentrate fish shoal-side; trollers score.
- Prep for hardwater. By late month the shallow lakes are thinking about ice - first-ice trout season is next.
Updated monthly - built from seasonal run timing, stocking data and regulation calendars. Plan ahead, fish the window.
Ice safety: be confident about ice thickness before going out on any ice. Check it yourself, in several spots, every trip - ice varies lake to lake and day to day, and no report can tell you it is safe. When in doubt, stay off.
Trends - how it's been fishing
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- Last 1-2 weeks
- A short, honest read on how the fishing has been across this region - hot spots, slow water, what changed.
- Right now
- Current success rates and the fish most worth targeting today.
- Week ahead
- What we're expecting next - run timing, weather windows, bait movements - whenever the information is available. No guessing: if we don't know, this says so.
Compiled from every source we track in this region. When the bait picture is known (herring balls, sandlance on the banks, a fry hatch), the trend says what the fish are feeding on and why they're holding where they are.
Latest reports
SAMPLE - format preview only, not a real report3 days old
- Water
- Example River, lower reaches
- Species
- Example species A, example species B
- Lure / bait
- What was working, named specifically
- Depth
- The productive zone, in feet
- Technique
- How it was fished, in plain language
- Feeding on
- The baitfish they're keyed on (herring, sandlance, krill) when the source tells us
- Why they're here
- What's holding them - staging for a run, following bait, a hatch
Source: every published report will show its source with credit and a link, exactly like this. Content from shops, guides and charters will appear only after they agree to take part.
Every report will credit and link its source, and a freshness label will show its age at a glance. Shops, guides and charters will be asked before anything of theirs appears here.
Check the regs yourself before you fish.
Openings, closures and limits change without notice, sometimes mid-season and area by area.
Everything here is an aggregation for convenience, not an official source. Always confirm the
current rules for your specific management area directly with
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(saltwater / salmon) and the
B.C. Freshwater Fishing Regulations
before you go.