Not individually listed in the Region 4 synopsis, so the general provincial and Region 4 (Kootenay) rules apply. Confirm the current synopsis before you fish.

A provincial water-quality survey run on 1972-05-03 measured the lake at roughly 126 hectares and shallow throughout: 4.9 m at its deepest, averaging 2.2 m, with a mildly alkaline surface pH of 8.15 and 4 m of water clarity, typical of the limestone-influenced Rocky Mountain Trench. A basin this shallow has no separate cold-water refuge or true drop-off; the whole lake fishes as one continuous shoal, the same character as nearby Bronze Lake and Bednorski Lake. Provincial fisheries records group Tie Lake under the same drainage code as those two lakes, though it actually sits on the Kootenay River side of Wardner rather than in the Bull River drainage itself; that appears to be an administrative convenience rather than a claim about where the lake drains.

For an angler judging whether it's worth a stop, the release record is the fishing report: 47 recorded stockings between 1926 and 2011, totalling roughly 597,600 fish. Rainbow trout carried the program in 30 releases, about 308,700 fish; brook trout followed in 14 releases, about 283,000 fish; and three further releases put in 5,900 wild Connor-strain westslope cutthroat trout fry and yearlings between 2002 and 2004. Earlier decades ran a mix of hatchery rainbow strains, Pennask, Premier, Gerrard, Beaver, Aylmer, Boundary, BX Creek, Roche and Pinantan among them; the final six years, 2005 through 2011, settled on Fraser Valley-strain fish. The program's last entries were two fall-catchable Fraser Valley rainbow releases in 2011, 4,000 fish on September 26 and 2,400 on October 14, for 6,400 rainbow trout that fall. No release has been recorded since.

That fifteen-year gap is the honest fishing report: any rainbow, brook or cutthroat trout in Tie Lake today are holdovers or naturally reproducing fish, not a fresh annual stock.

With a basin this shallow and uniform, there's no drop-off to hunt: the standard small East Kootenay stillwater approach applies, a chironomid or small leech pattern fished under an indicator anywhere over the basin, the same chironomid under an indicator rig that carries nearby Bronze and Bednorski lakes. General small-lake stillwater tactics cover the rest of the season. No local fly, hatch or season reports beyond the stocking record are on file for Tie Lake.

No confirmed boat launch, parking area or public access point is on file for Tie Lake; treat it as an access-check water and confirm a put-in and any private-land or seasonal restrictions locally before planning a trip. It sits east of Wardner in the East Kootenay, off the Highway 93/95 corridor between Cranbrook and Fernie.