Ice Coming Off Early Feb 2010

With this warm weather all over the province you can bet the start of the lake fishing season will be earlier by almost a month this year, barring a real extended cold snap.  The last I heard Tunkwa Lake was fishing quite well for it’s first ice fishing season.  A lot of lakes have good ice coverage but it is about 6-8 inches thinner this year than last year, so I’m guessing the ice should come off around the first half  of May. 

 

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Interior Lakes Ice Fishing Jan 2010

The Ice fishing season is well upon us and there are some new lakes open to ice fishing.  Tunkwa Lake is proving to be a great destination this year.  This is the first year that Tunkwa has been open to ice fishing and the fishing is good.  A good proven technique at any lake is using white or yellow marabou jigs, or you can use some curly tail grubs in chartreuse, white, pearl, chartreuse glitter.  Later in the season when oxygen levels drop in the lake and the fish become more lethargic using extra attractants can aid in your catching.  Some things you can use are ruby eyed wiggler spoons or other silver spoons that you use as a flasher above your jig or bait set up to attract the fish.   You can also use baits where allowed.  There are a lot of different baits I use but the two most popular seem to be cooked shrimp and bacon.  Small pieces of either of these on your jig will help produce numbers.  Try fishing for Brook Trout for a change they are very tasty table fair.  Check your regulations for openings as a lot of new areas have opened this season.

Garrys Baby Pool is now Over!

Garry and Erika welcomed a beautiful baby girl to the world on Dec 7th 2009.  Her name is Audrey Maria Elgear, she weighed in at 7lbs 12 oz and was 22 inches long.  Mom Dad and the baby are all doing well and thank everyone for their well wishes.  Garry will be back in the store Dec 16.

Interior Lakes Starting to Freeze Nov 09

Well it’s that time of year again and a lot of the lakes are starting to or are already icing over.  The Merritt area has been fishing really well for those few die hards who are willing to deal with icy mornings and foul weather.  Just make sure to check your elevation before going as anything over 1500 meters is pretty well iced over now, with a few exceptions.  Low lying lakes and warm south winds may keep some lakes open for another week or so, especially if you don’t mind doing a little ice breaking first thing in the morning.  For those brave enough the reward has been many nice fish and very few if any fisherman.  Tight lines and time to start sharpening those auger blades.

Fall fishing Interior Lakes Oct 09

Time for one last camping trip to the Interior before the snow settles in.  Fishing in the Interior is taking off right now, with the cool nights and warm days it is triggering the fish to feed actively in preparation for winter.  These warm days are creating some great dry fly fishing as well.  Flies to use right now are green micro-leeches, pumpkin head leeches, dragonfly nymphs, boatmen, and for dries take sedges.

 

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Algae Blooms in the Interior Lakes Aug 09

With this brutal heat not only have wildfires been a problem in the interior but the algae blooms are extra thick this year and have slowed fishing down.  Now there are lots of lakes still open for fishing and some are doing quite well, like Big O.K. and Nicola Lake.   Having a well stocked box and patience is key right now.   Going deep in the day and  fishing clear lines in the morning around shoals and drop offs with damsels, dragons, shrimp and pheasant tails have been producing.  Try a little dry fly action in the evening using mosquitos, and caddis or sedge patterns.

Interior Lakes are going crazy July 09

The interior lakes are fishing awesome right now.  All the lakes are at the peak level for hatches and bug life right now and so in turn the hungry trout are feeding like mad.  Caddis are key right now fish pupae during the day and dries in the evening and you will be rewarded.  Damselflies and dragons are hatching all the time so try a clear line thrown in to shore and a medium retrieve and you will be rewarded.  Chironomids are still working their magic as well.  If you are going out this month make sure your box is well stocked with everything be cause you never know what is going to work, and all the bugs are out now.

Ice Free Interior Lakes May 09

A lot of the interior lakes are starting to come off now.  Here’s what’s open so far,Nicola , Barnes,  Roche, Stump, Morgan, White Lake, Stoney, Mini, 6 Mile, Sawmill, Jacko, Echo, Tunkwa, and if you know of any others let us know and we’ll pass it on.  Try using leeches, chironomids and dragons on sinking lines to start with as dthe fish will be slowly moving out of the depths to feed.  We will update this post as we hear of new lakes coming off, so stay tuned..

Are You Having Problems with the New E-Licensing System?

If you are having problems accessing or getting a new e-licence like we are, here is the gentleman’s e-mail and phone number you need to contact.  His name is John Thornton his phone number is 1-250-387-9776 and his e-mail is john.thornton@gov.bc.ca.  He would like to hear from you if you are having problems with the system, Service BC gave us this info and told us to pass it on to anyone with concerns as Mr. Thornton is the one responsible for the launch of the program

Interior Lakes Ice fishing April 09

The Interior Lakes are still well frozen over in most places.  The best lakes usually contain Brook Trout.  The Brookies tend to be much more aggressive in the colder water, and they fish well with bait, jigs, and ice fly’s.  The best colours have been chartreuse, pink and white.  Try Beaver Dam or Snag Lake they usually are pretty consistent producers.  For Rainbows try ruby-eye wiggler attached to a glo-hook with baits such as meal worms or maggots.

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