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Can u still make it up to red lake with a car right now ?
Yes. People live there so the road is well maintained.
Adrien, the road can get a little slick and muddy in spots this time of year but you shouldn’t have a problem. Watch out for people cutting sharp corners really wide at ridiculous speeds I’ve had way too many close calls from careless drivers on that road
Any lakes in the Okanagan/Merritt area iced off? Looking for a smaller lake within a couple hour drive from kelowna. Thanks
Hears Kentucky allyne are off and fishing well.. also Courtney and lundbom
Any word on Harmon or Englishman? If Lundbom is off, hoping they are too….
Harmon English were all solid last Saturday I’d expect some melt happening but another week or two for kane valley. Christian.. a good sub for jacko could be tunkwa should be hot with the warm Temps c9ming
Kane Valley was starting to come off last Saturday Dawn.
Might be worth a look this weekend…
I might swing by the Kane valley and check it out on my way to Roche tommorow
Drove through the Kane Valley on Thursday(7th) all lakes still frozen – slight thawing on the sunny side but frozen right to the edge on the shady side.
Went by Mamit Lake this morning – it is fully Ice-Off, but I don’t have the exact date this happened. Do you happen to know bcflyfisher86?
Logan Lake is 90% ice free, but that hasn’t stopped a couple chironomid fanatics that I see out there!
March 28 I belive the ice was off mamit! That south end may be good for chronies here shortly it’s been open for almost a month
And a report from Tunkwa Lake Resort – – –
Tunkwa did ice off yesterday afternoon(April 4), another really early start to the open water season!
Any report on ice off for Knouff lake area, Community , or Badger Lake?
Hoping to go there the weekend of the April 15.
Community is at 4500″ so outta the question for sure! The other 2 could be ready by then
I’m headed back out to the Merritt/Kamloops area on Saturday. I got a great taste of early season action a few weeks ago at Jacko (although the “action” was confined to a few hours in the morning). I think I’ll probably head back there, unless anyone has a better idea that they’d like to lay on me. 🙂 I’ll be sure to post a report on wherever I end up. Exciting times!
Hey all
Does any one know if Roche killed again this year? Heading there tomorrow.
Roche had good oxygen testing a couple weeks before ice off. N
o indication of winter kill from my understanding
Was there yesterday. Ice off all but in the flats. No signs of dead fish or eagles and lots of fish were moving in the shallows. Water a bit murky for my liking but that seems to be Roche lately at ice off. Hopefully it will clean up quickly. Bring your leeches and nymphs as there was no sign of any type of hatch. Good luck!
The days of clear water seem to gone at Roche, especially at ice off. It seems for the last several seasons it has been going into turnover almost immediately after thaw. Fishies can still be molested in the shallows tho!
Has anyone out there been fishing at any other the other lakes around Roche
Other than bleeker none are off, that I know of, yet.
If Roche is looking like it’s turning, I might try bleeker tommorow. Horseshoe should be off as well
I would luv a bleeker fishing report 😉
I’ve been thinking of heading to bleeker,I’ve never been there but and going to give it a try.Any suggestions where to start in that lake? Any way I will post my report
Look for moving fish and focus there. Good bets are the shallows on either end or the flat out in front of the boat launch.
Fished bleeker for a couple hours today. It was looking really murky but I landed a couple despite the less than ideal conditions. Around 12 the fishing died off and most people left
Has anyone taken Tunkwa for a spin yet? I’m heading up this weekend and I’m about to jump out of my skin, been too long.
I thought I saw a photo of Scuitto here last week and it looked as though it was getting close… (can’t find the picture now?) – Anyone know if Campbell if ice free yet? Going to head out that way tomorrow…
Benny fished Scuitto last week. it was not completely ice off but open enough to fish. I would imagine it’s all off now but can not say for sure. Same thoughts for Campbell but check it out if you go …
Scuitto is fully open as of the 5th of April. Very muddy looking though. No bites after 3 hours of fishing leeches and cronies.
OK – Thanks! we’ll be on Campbell tomorrow and will post an update tomorrow night… Cheers
as suspected all clear at Campbell – beautiful day and we had the whole lake to ourselves! Did not see even one chronie all day and no interest from the fish in them but did well on ruby eyed leeches in 3-6ft and a few on a bh pheasent tail…
Fished bleeker today kinda new at indicators didnt touch a fish and only saw a couple caught fished the end left of the launch
All the ones I caught were at the south end of the lake in about 4 feet of water with a balanced leeck
Does anyone know anything about the road into Fred Lake? I haven’t fished it for a few years and the road in used to be awful. In fact I’d walk in most of the time but not so keen on carrying my pontoon boat in there anymore…getting old I guess 🙂
Pretty nasty, most holes have hard bottom but clearance is the big requirement. The fish size is not worth it for me anymore. There are others that are easier with better fish IMHO.
Was in there last year and yes the road is awful but still produces a few N8ce fish
Let’s just put it this way – – Remember how it was? Well it is no better, probably worse. But the die-hards still manage to make it in. The lake was mostly ice free on March 17 last year. My best guess is that it is ice free now, but I can’t say how the road is.
There is no way that Fred was ice free on March 17 last year or any other year. Maybe you are thinking of a different lake as Fred is at 4200 ft elevation. It won’t be ice free yet and I wouldn’t attempt to drive in there for at least a week as there will still be a good amount of snow on the road still.
Thanks Art, my bad ! I just re checked my fishing log, and it is APRIL 17th last year that I was there and it was mostly ice free. It seemed strange to me in my reply too, I could hardly believe it myself.
Sorry all – especially to you Doug
Not a problem. I just didn’t want some poor SOB to try driving in there right now.
thanks everyone for their input re Fred Lake. I think I’ll wait now for a bit given that the road is the same.
English in kane valley today.. closest to ice off Harmon and kane are behind but coming along
Hey everyone, wondering if ice is off pass lake and if the lake suffered a winterkill this year, cheers.
Nope, still locked up in ice. That lake always takes longer to come off than other lakes at similar elevations.
Bugger, do you think the ice will be off by April 22
Undoubtedly.
I was at pass 2 nights ago it’s barely open at the edges and the launch is buried in snow yet. But things can happen fast as far as ice off goes. Their today gone tomorrow
Hi all. Fished Edith on thur the 7th. All day, disconnected 10 at the boat between 2 of us. disconnected a lot further out. lol fish not big, one 2 lb’er but really scappy. Water murky with some stuff floating. Good day all around. 10 RV’s in site and about 10 boats on the water. Water is really high. No middle launch left. Tight Lines!
Thanks for the report Don! 😀
I have seen murky water at Edith for a month after ice-off. It’s weird that way. You can catch fish but the really good fishing doesn’t start until the chiro hatches pick up.
I fished the Lumby end of Mabel Lake today…Did not catch any fish but caught some good weather….the guy fishing from the dock said he caught a 2 lb and a 3lb er…on a marshmallow……never thought to try that…
A different Don