A small stillwater in BC's West Kootenay, reached by a rough 4x4 road and a short hike near Kuskonook. It has carried westslope cutthroat trout since 1969, one of the region's longer-running lake stocking records, and the program is still active today.

Not individually listed in the Region 4 synopsis, so the regional defaults apply: trout/char daily quota 5, possession 2× the daily limit. Confirm the current rules before you fish.

Woodenshoe Lake is a small stillwater in BC's West Kootenay, near the community of Kuskonook on Kootenay Lake's east shore. No survey has recorded its surface area, and the road in is a rough 4x4 track finished off with a short hike, not a maintained boat-launch road. Treat it as a walk-in, carry-in lake until access is confirmed locally.

Woodenshoe carries a westslope cutthroat trout put-and-take program that has run since 1969 and is still active, one of the longer stocking records among the small West Kootenay lakes. Twenty-seven recorded releases have gone in between 1969 and 2025, totalling roughly 80,000 fish. Kiakho-strain fry started the program in 1969 and 1970; every release since 1971 has been Connor-strain fish, mixing fry, fall-fry and yearling plants on a roughly biennial cadence. The most recent release was 2,681 Connor-strain yearlings on June 17, 2025, averaging about 7.5 g.

Fish it with standard small-lake stillwater tactics until a local report says otherwise: a chironomid under an indicator worked over the shoals, or a small Woolly Bugger or balanced leech along any drop-off. With plants going in every year or two, the lake should carry a spread of year classes rather than a single cohort.

A rough 4x4 road and a short hike reach Woodenshoe Lake near Kuskonook. There is no named trailhead or confirmed parking area on record, so treat the route in as unconfirmed until checked locally, and expect a walk-in rather than a roadside stop.