Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4, Kootenay), including any bait, motor or ice-fishing limits for this lake, before you fish.

Yankee Lake lies E of Premier Lake, N of Fort Steele; in the Bull River watershed. It covers ~7.3 ha surface area.

For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Yankee Lake is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 78 recorded releases totalling 298,388 fish (Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, Brook Trout), last stocked 2025-10-22.

It is still stocked (most recent release 2025-10-22), so it fishes as a put-grow water: this season's fish come from the latest cohorts, topped up to keep it going. The chart below shows the release history by year and species.

Yankee Lake fishes as a put-grow stillwater: work chironomids under an indicator over the shoals in spring, then leech and attractor retrieves along the drop-offs as the shallows warm. The stocking record below is the truest read on the size and cohort of fish you will find.

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Yankee Lake locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.