Owen Lake is a popular recreation lake with good fishing for rainbow trout and lake trout (char). Most of the rainbow trout are in the one to two pound range while the lake trout can reach up to twenty pounds.
When fishing for rainbows a Willow Leaf and worm is a good place to start. Another popular lure is the smaller size Apex "Troutkillers" in black or blue and with silver specks.
Fly fishers can try a stonefly nymph or Dragon Butler pattern. In the warmer weather the rainbow trout will migrate to deeper reaches of the lake and a fishfinder can help locate the best depth to target these fish.
When going after lake trout try using a Williams Wobbler, Flatfish or Rapala Minnow. Make sure to get your line down deep and if necessary use a downrigger.
A brief stocking program was in place between 1959 and 1966. On five separate occasions rainbow trout were released, but no details are available regarding the origin of the stock or why the program was discontinued. Typically 20,000 trout were released at each stocking.
LAKE ACCESS
From Houston head south along the Morice River Forest Service Road (FSR) staying left (east)at the 27 km fork, keeping on the Morice-Owen FSR. The road wraps around the east side of the lake, and there is a forestry recreation site on the lake shore.
The recreation site is a very popular camping spot and has space for twenty vehicle units. The site also comes with a boat launch and is close to Nadina Mountain trail.
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