Tea Creek has no individual listing in the Region 4 table, so the general stream defaults apply: closed Apr 1 to Jun 14, trout and char release Nov 1 to Mar 31, and single barbless hooks required. It sits inside the Duncan Lake tributary group (4-27), which carries a standing bull trout release rule alongside the Upper Duncan River and its tributaries. Confirm the current synopsis before you fish.

NRCan's Geographical Names database lists Tea Creek as an official Kootenay Land District name, mouth at 50.560833, -116.784722. It runs stream order 5 (mid-to-upper on a scale that runs from 1 for a headwater trickle up to 6 or more for a full river), smaller than Howser Creek itself but part of the same tributary group feeding Duncan Lake's west shore, alongside Rory and Tenise creeks nearby.

Two bull trout records, and nothing else, is not enough evidence to support a destination-fishing profile. No guide trip, fishing report or public-access confirmation has turned up for Tea Creek. The honest read is scout and stewardship water: worth knowing about as part of the Duncan/Howser bull trout system, not worth building a trip around until better access and fisheries information appears.

No trailhead, parking area or public fishing route has been confirmed for Tea Creek, and no current in-season correction names it directly. Treat any approach as unconfirmed until access and land tenure are checked on the ground.