Lake · East Kootenay, British Columbia
Lazy Lake
Lazy Lake (East Kootenay, British Columbia) is a lake of 29 ha (72 acres). Cited sources list one fish species here: Rainbow trout. 11 stockings are on record, the latest in 2026.
At a glance
- Area
- 29 ha (72 acres)
- Mean depth (estimated)
- ≈ 8.2 m (27 ft)
Mean depth: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016)
Who lives here
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (gofishbc.com). Water locations: contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia (Freshwater Atlas)
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| Apr 22, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| May 2, 2019 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| May 2, 2018 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,000 |
| May 24, 2017 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,500 |
| May 16, 2016 | Rainbow Trout | Yearling | 4,500 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 11 of 11.
Getting on the water
No public access site is listed for this water yet.
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.
Official regulations: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
What's biting
This water is too small for community summaries: on a small water a summary could point to someone's spot.
Questions
What fish are in Lazy Lake?
Cited sources list Rainbow trout. A fish that isn't listed may still be there.
Is Lazy Lake stocked?
11 stockings are on record, the latest in 2026 (Rainbow Trout), as the agency publishes them.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- Natural Resources Canada, CanVec Hydro Features (1:50,000). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.; Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB); Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Boundary Files (census divisions and subdivisions, provinces). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0
- Lake mean depth: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, Nature Communications 7:13603), CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
- Fish stocking: Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (gofishbc.com). Water locations: contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia (Freshwater Atlas) · Used with permission of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (written reply to data@huntgrid.net, 2026-10-29: "Yes, you can use the fish stocking report data … Please attribute the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC as the source of the information."). Water names and points: Province of British Columbia, Freshwater Atlas, Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above; the map under it is OpenStreetMap's, credited on the map. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.