BC Hydro Dam

Cumberland Beach

“November is the best month for fishing Comox Lake,” says local trout specialist, Bruce Bolton. The most popular lure is a Tomic plug. These plugs are used to represent kokanee, often with orange on the bellies. Spoons also work well. In the summer months a lot of anglers use Flatfish and run Rooster Tails, says Bolton. Spin casting with Panther Martins andCrokodiles is also popular. Small Tomic plugs, Flatfish and Rapalas are popular trolling lures in the lake. In the summer, fly fishing can be very productive in “The Stump” area, where the Puntledge River runs into the lake. “It’s quite shallow and just full of stumps...a really good place to work a fly.” Some of the key hatches are chironomids and ants. “The ant hatch comes out the end of May, but you want to fish this pattern just before the big hatch happens. “Some of the lakes just get covered in ants, so you really want to fish them before the real hatch, and then after. Otherwise you are just throwing a fly in there with ten million more.” Bolton also recommends trying out the higher elevation lakes, up to Paradise Meadows. Once the snow goes, it can be great fishing up there. New regulations for Comox Lake read “no wild rainbow trout over 50 cm.” Comox Lake is a part of the Cutthroat Trout Reward Tag Program. $100 reward tags are being used to assess the cutthroat trout fishery. Refer to the regulations guide for instructions on what to do if you catch a fish with a reward tag. If you’ve got information on upcoming events, or if you want to add your own fishing tips, check out our lake page for Comox Lake at anglersatlas.com LAKE ACCESS From Cumberland, follow Dunsmuir Ave. west to Sutton Rd., then turn left. About 200 metres later turn right onto Comox Lake Road and follow it about four km to the Cumberland Lake Park Campground. There is also a BC Hydro Picnic area at the outlet to Puntledge River at the north end of the lake.

Fall 2015 50 cm

Catch a trout for free

From the Courtney and District Fish and Game Protective Association newsletter: "On June 14 and 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., we again host our Father's Day Fishing Weekend on the shore of Comox Lake. We receive approx. 2,000 catchable rainbow trout from the Duncan GoFishB.C. Hatchery and invite the world to come and fish for free. The objective is to re-introduce past anglers back into fishing and introduce those who have never fished before into the sport."

Comox lk

great lake for winter cutthroat using 3 inch tomic plugs

Regulations Update on Cutthroat

Year round – there is no retention of Cutthroat Trout less than 30 cm or greater than 50cm. April 1, 2012