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Best chum salmon lakes in British Columbia

46 British Columbia waters list chum salmon (official records or labelled estimates), 8 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. A powerful schooling Pacific salmon that uses coastal channels and bay shorelines while returning to streams and hatchery terminal areas.

1. Harrison Lake — 915 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #1: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 5 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Comox Lake — 358 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #2: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
3. Skidegate Inlet — 364 ft · Survey depth data · 99% measured · real survey depth contours · Pink Salmon, Chum Salmon, Pacific Chinook Salmon, Pacific Coho SalmonWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
4. Masset Sound — 114 ft · Survey depth data · 94% measured · real survey depth contours · Pink Salmon, Chum Salmon, Pacific Coho Salmon, Pacific HalibutWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
5. Chilliwack Lake — 374 ft · Approximated contours · Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho SalmonWhy #5: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
6. Lakelse Lake — 106 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #6: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 2 public access sites
7. Nanaimo Harbour — 148 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Cutthroat Trout, Chum Salmon, Pacific Chinook Salmon, Pacific Coho SalmonWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
8. Port San Juan — 86 ft · Survey depth data · 91% measured · real survey depth contours · Chum Salmon, Pacific Chinook Salmon, Pacific Coho Salmon, LingcodWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
9. Mosquito Lake — 203 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Coho Salmon, Steelhead, KokaneeWhy #9: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
10. Muchalat Lake — 207 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #10: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
11. Hatzic Lake — 55 ft · Approximated contours · Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Coho SalmonWhy #11: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
12. Blenkinsop Lake — 40 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Coho Salmon, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Chum SalmonWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
13. Port Clements — Masset Inlet — 38 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Surfperch, Pink Salmon, Chum SalmonWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
14. Brentwood Bay and Tod Inlet — 254 ft · Survey depth data · 92% measured · real survey depth contours · Pink Salmon, Chum Salmon, Pacific Chinook Salmon, Pacific Coho SalmonWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
15. Ford Lake — 11 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Chum SalmonWhy #15: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
16. Degnen Bay — 25 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Surfperch, Pink Salmon, Chum Salmon, Pacific Coho SalmonWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site

…plus 30 more British Columbia waters holding chum salmon.

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When to fish chum salmon in British Columbia

• Spring 10–70 ft — A low-confidence pre-return search; use current reports and visible forage.
• Summer 4–70 ft — Work current lanes, rock-lined travel structure and freshwater approaches where returning schools are visibly traveling; timing is stock-specific.
• Fall 3–60 ft — Focus on shoreline return corridors beside rock and current, not featureless deep water; handle spawning fish carefully.
• Winter 25–100 ft — Not a dependable winter bay target; rely on current local reporting and a confirmed legal fishery.

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