No Baker Creek-specific entry appears in the current synopsis. Treat it as a St. Mary River tributary: trout and char daily quota 1, none under 30 cm, open Jun 15 to Oct 31 unless separately listed, bait ban, Class II licence when and where open, tributaries included except Joseph Creek. Regional defaults also apply: closed Apr 1 to Jun 14 on every Region 4 stream, winter release (catch-and-release) Nov 1 to Mar 31, single barbless hook required year-round. Confirm the current Region 4 synopsis before fishing.

parent St. Mary River trend only; Baker Creek itself is ungauged

Weather reference: Kimberley (49.686, -115.984).

Natural Resources Canada's Geographical Names database lists this water as an official Kootenay Land District creek (key JATNH) at 49.610833, -116.571944, on map sheet 082F10. British Columbia has several creeks named Baker; this is the one that drains into Redding Creek, not any of the province's other namesakes, so treat unmatched photos or reports with caution. The creek runs stream order 3 (low-to-mid on the 1-to-6+ scale used for stream position, where 1 is a headwater trickle and 6+ a full river), with a median channel width around 7.2 m (narrow) and a median gradient around 4.62% (moderately steep), consistent with a small, fast headwater tributary rather than a valley-bottom stream.

Local fish-record data shows 9 direct observations on this creek: 6 westslope cutthroat trout, 2 bull trout and 1 Dolly Varden. That is a real native-trout and char signal, and it places Baker Creek inside the wider Redding conservation picture, where bull trout run upstream from the st mary river to spawn each late summer and fall. It is not, on its own, evidence of a promoted fishery: no habitat survey, hatch sample or angler report specific to this creek has turned up, and no guide lists it among their waters. St. Mary Angler, Elk River Guiding Company and Kimberley Fly Fishing all cover the St. Mary mainstem, and are useful for regional conditions, but none confirm this tributary as a destination.

Direct hatch data for Baker Creek itself has not been found. Until it is, the working assumption for food and timing follows the East Kootenay hatch spine shared by the St. Mary system: golden stoneflies near the opener, Green Drakes, PMDs and Light Cahills through summer, Yellow Sallies and caddisflies, summer terrestrials, fall Blue-Winged Olives, plus fry and sculpin where the creek connects to larger water.

If a legal reach is confirmed, small attractor and general East Kootenay patterns are the starting point: Stimulator, Royal Wulff and Adams on top, Elk Hair Caddis for the caddis hatch, and Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail, Prince Nymph and Pat's Rubber Legs underneath. Fish small and go easy: this is presence-and-habitat water first.

No named trailhead, road or put-in for Baker Creek has been confirmed. Regional context only: Tourism Kimberley notes that Redding Creek Road links St. Mary Lake Road to the Grey Creek Pass route, generally passable July through October and best suited to experienced high-clearance 4x4 drivers, but that describes travel through the area, not legal access to fish this specific tributary.