Puddingbowl Creek has no individual entry in the Region 4 synopsis, so apply the general regional stream defaults: closed Apr 1 to June 14, trout and char catch-and-release Nov 1 to Mar 31, and single barbless hook required year-round. Do not assume Duncan River or Lardeau River mainstem exemptions, quotas or bait rules carry over to this tributary. Confirm the current synopsis before you fish.

Puddingbowl Creek is an official Kootenay Land District name (NRCan key JBLZR) at 50.6025, -117.041389, draining into the Duncan River system above Duncan Lake. It runs stream order 4 (mid-range on a scale that runs from 1 for a headwater trickle up to 6 or more for a full river) and stretches roughly 5 km. Provincial fish-inventory data carries no direct observations on this creek, but a Forest Appeals Commission decision records an ecosystem officer confirming Puddingbowl Creek was fish-bearing during a 2008 site inspection, evidence of habitat use rather than a species or abundance claim. BC Hydro's Upper Duncan Reservoir wetland monitoring (DDMMON-14) identifies Puddingbowl as a source of shallow water feeding one of the reservoir's drawdown-zone wetlands, so this creek is as much a wetland-supply stream as a fishing water.

With no species-level fish record, no public fishery report, no hatch report and no creek-specific guide coverage, Puddingbowl reads as reservoir-edge scout and stewardship water rather than a planned destination. Reel Adventures Fishing Charters covers Duncan Lake at the lake and charter level, but no outfitter lists this creek specifically.

No creek-specific hatch report has surfaced for Puddingbowl Creek. The working food base follows the same upper-Duncan pattern documented across nearby tributaries: stoneflies, caddisflies, mayflies, midges, terrestrials, and connected-basin fry or sculpin where habitat allows. Reservoir monitoring for Duncan Reservoir notes zooplankton as the dominant kokanee food, with mysid shrimp also taken and larger bull trout turning piscivorous. Where legal and away from redds or staging fish, a reasonable box covers Elk Hair Caddis, Adams, Royal Wulff and Stimulator dries, Prince, Hare's Ear and Pheasant Tail nymphs, and a small Woolly Bugger worked slow near cover.

No confirmed public road, trailhead or parking information has surfaced for Puddingbowl Creek. It sits on the Upper Duncan / Duncan Reservoir side of the drainage, generally reached from the Duncan Lake road network out of Kaslo or Meadow Creek, but treat any specific approach as unconfirmed until a route is verified locally.