Echo Lake

Stillwater
1
Species listed
7.3 m
Reported max depth
3 m
Reported mean depth
Echo Lake, a small stillwater on the east side of Upper Arrow Lake just below Drimmie Creek, south of Revelstoke, with a rainbow trout stocking record running 1951-2004.

Species

Historical records and regulatory mentions. They do not establish current abundance, a suitable angling target or permission to fish.
No live gauge
No gauge readings are available for this water.
Season
Driving directions

Overview

A small stillwater on the east side of Upper Arrow Lake, just below Drimmie Creek and south of Revelstoke, about 3.35 hectares. Rainbow trout were stocked here for over five decades, but the record shows no releases since 2004.

Region 4 Regulations — guide reviewed 2026-07-08

Not individually listed in the Region 4 synopsis, so the regional defaults apply: trout/char daily quota 5 (no more than 1 rainbow over 50 cm), possession 2× the daily limit. Confirm the current rules before you fish.

The water

Echo Lake is a small stillwater on the east side of Upper Arrow Lake, just below Drimmie Creek and south of Revelstoke, in BC's West Kootenay. It covers about 3.35 hectares, running to a maximum depth of 7.3 m and averaging a shallow 3 m, with neutral water (pH 7.0) per a 1970 provincial reconnaissance survey. Access, launch and parking have not been confirmed; treat it as a walk-in or rough-access lake until that is checked locally.

The fishing

Echo Lake's fishery is rainbow trout on the stocking record alone, no angler report or current survey is on file. Thirty-five releases are logged between 1951 and 2004, roughly 79,000 fry and fingerling across that span, most recently 1,000 Pennask-strain fry planted on 2004-09-08. There has been no recorded release since, over two decades now, so treat this as a formerly stocked lake rather than an active put-and-take fishery until a current count says otherwise.
If it still holds fish, it fishes like the small, shallow stillwater it is: with a mean depth of only 3 m, small-lake stillwater tactics apply across most of the basin rather than just the shoals, a chironomid under an indicator worked at a shallow, consistent depth, small nymphs, and a switch to dries if you find an evening rise.

Read the stocking record as the fishing report

Echo Lake has no angler-report survey on file, so the stocking history below is the best evidence of what has ever swum in it: rainbow trout only, planted regularly from 1951 through 2004 and not since. Confirm current fish presence locally before treating it as a destination.

Stocking

Conditions

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Species held: rainbow trout only, all of it historically stocked; no other species on record.
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Program: put-and-take angling program, lapsed; no releases recorded since 2004.
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Depth: max 7.3 m, mean 3 m, pH 7.0 (BC lake survey, 1970-06-29).

Access and the rules

Access, launch and parking details for Echo Lake have not been confirmed and still need a field or source check; the coordinate above marks the fish-presence point recorded in the provincial stocking data, not a verified access point. Confirm both the route in and the current regulations before you commit a day to it.

Before you fish

Echo Lake is not individually listed in the Region 4 synopsis, so the regional defaults apply: trout/char daily quota 5 (no more than 1 rainbow over 50 cm), possession 2× the daily limit. Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4, Kootenay): gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.

Questions

Page reviewed 2026-07-08