Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you fish; this water is part of the Columbia River system.

It flows into columbia river within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → Columbia River). It runs stream order 2 (high in the network, near the headwaters; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 2 km. brook trout, white sturgeon, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (5 records). The fish-passage model expects Brown Trout, bull trout, burbot, Cutthroat Trout, kokanee, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, mountain whitefish, northern pike, rainbow trout, Smallmouth Bass, walleye here too, since the reach is reachable with no barrier between, though there is no direct record yet.

For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Johnson Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 2 recorded releases totalling 30,000 fish (Brook Trout), last stocked 1957-01-01.

Stocking appears to have wound down after 1957. Confirm whether it is still topped up or now fishes as a residual, wild population. The chart below shows the full release history.

As a small stream, a tributary of Columbia River, Johnson Creek fishes the way creeks of its size do: short drifts with a buoyant attractor dry over a light dropper, working the pocket water and the heads of pools. The stocking record below is the truest read on what you will catch.

Access for Johnson Creek, meaning the roads in, put-ins and any walk-in or seasonal limits, is worth confirming locally before you commit a day. The drainage map shows how the water sits in its valley.