FRANCOIS LAKE
British Columbia

Where is FRANCOIS LAKE?

FRANCOIS LAKE (54.0113, -125.7054), located in Skeena Region, British Columbia, Canada spans 25423.2 hectares (approximately 62823 acres or 254.2 square kilometers).

Which fish can I catch at FRANCOIS LAKE?

The most popular species caught here are Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, and Burbot. Please use your best judgement when determining where you can fish, and make sure you follow local rules and regulations.

What does FRANCOIS LAKE have?

Our members have marked 4 Other Markers and 5 Boat Launches at FRANCOIS LAKE. You can view these markers on the map.

Lodging and Camping

Francois Lake Provincial Park is a mostly coniferous forests and is located on the on the east end of a lake by the same name, Francois Lake. This provincial park protects 25 kilometres of shoreline and has many animals including mammals, birds, and fish; in the winter you will probably see moose. There are many activities to do here including boating, fishing, camping (it is rustic), and picnicking (there are picnic facilities). Park Size: 7,214 hectares

Francois Lake Provincial Park is on the east end of a lake by the same name and is about 12 kilometres from Highway 16, southwest of Fraser Lake. Driving Directions from Faser Lake: You want to drive west on Hwy 16 for 3.3 kilometres, then turn left onto the Francois Lake Road, follow that for 7.2 kilometres before tuning left onto the Nithi Road, then you want to follow that for 1.8 kilometres and then turn right onto Dahlgren Road, then follow this road for 4.4 kilometres around the east end of Francois Lake to the campsite and you will have arrived at your destination. Driving Directions from Burns Lake: You want to go east along Hwy 16 to Endako; then from the ease side of Endako head south on the Endako Mine Road to the Francois Lake Road and then turn left; following this you want to take this road through Glennanan, over the Stellako River, and then 2.75 kilometres further to the Nithi Road. Look at the above directions for the remainder of the tip and you will have arrived at you destination.

This is a six-unit site on Francois Lake with picnic tables, fire rings, pit toilets and a gravel boat launch. There is a hiking trail around a peninsula that has a few small beaches for swimming and a rock bluff with a view out over the lake. This site is well situated for fishing and exploring Francois Lake including some of the nearby islands. This area was originally designated for an assistant ranger station site in 1956-57.

Colleymount Rd.

From Northside ferry landing head west ~47 km along Colleymount Road.

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birch bay resort

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Trolling very slowly just off the bottom for Lake trout and thought I had tied into one.....was using 12 lbs test line and could not get the fish to budge, fought it for several hours and it even towed the 16 foot boat around. Finally had to give up as bad weather began to move in. I may have accidentally tied into a sturgeon as I am always able to bring up lake trout and have used a lot lighter line (caught a 14 lbs. lake trout on 4 pound test).

5 years ago

trout very easy to catch.

7 years ago

8lbs

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12lbs 6oz

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Francois Trip with friends

We camped at Sandy’s RV & Camping Resort ON Francois Lake (near the Ferry to Southside) a couple of weekends ago and fished the area, looking for some good Lakers. The RV park was very comfortable and the lots, which were quite spacious, were located 20 feet from the shore. It was quite windy and that limited our range on the lake, but we managed to safely get out a few times over the weekend. Here is Nat holding one of the Lakers we caught. We don’t normally keep Lakers, but we were told that they are good smoked, so we thought we’d try one. It didn’t turn out very well! It was very oily, didn’t hold the smoke as much as it did the salt so was not to our taste. The rainbows, however were delicious!

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Good day fishing with the family on francios lake using willow leaf and water melon apex

10 years ago

Francois Lake fishing with my Dad (MK II)

We were lucky enough to go back to Francois with my parents a week later and visited Nithi on the Lake this time You will know from my previous posts that I like Nithi and armed with our new camper, we set off to fish the far East of the lake. Again, I couldn’t keep my Dad out of the boat, the the smile from his face or the fish off our lines either!  Again, willow leafs and green apex's were the recipe for success! It made me very happy to make their vacation fun and full of memories!

10 years ago

Francois Lake fishing with my Dad

WE recently had my parents over from Scotland on vacation and we rented a cabin at Birch Bay Resort on Francois Lake. Birch Bay is a nice, clean, family run resort located on the North Shore and has cabins and RV spaces for rent. My Dad is 80 years old and isn’t a “boat” person, he prefers the good old Terra Firma (The more firma, the less Terror hehe), but as soon as he got in the Numpty Tub, he was hooked (Pun intended). He was first to the dock, waiting for me to get the boat going. We fished for 3 days and although the downriggers didn’t find any Lakers, he was rewarded with a few of Francois’ finest rainbows on a surface trolling rod. I’d like to say that they were caught on the Lucky Bugs I was asked to test, but it would appear that they are not that successful in that Lake and all were caught using green flatfish lures with willow leafs. We tried the Lucky Bug “Zombie Max” lures on the downriggers, but we didn’t get a single bite. These lures are VERY realistic and actually DO look like a fish swimming in the water and perhaps that was the issue. In my experience, the best lures have an erratic movement, simulating an injured fish, but these are perhaps too realistic and predators don’t view them as an easy meal? I’d like to know your opinions on these lures?

10 years ago
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Purden Lake

11 years ago