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Fished Edith today, sad to say, not a fish was caught, not even a nibble.
Edith should be turning over right now. The good fishing will resume once the water clears and the bugs start hatching. Edith always seems to take quite awhile to clear during and after turnover.
Red Lake is now ice free. Was posted on Lakefront Cabins FB page.
Noticed the Facebook post was from yesterday, so ice off was April 24!
Yellow & sawmill are open.
Thought I’d start posting over some fishing reports to go with all the ice off info 😉 Peterhope (thanks Josh!) …
Yeah,,,they we voracious,,,got a bunch of dragons and leeches in throat samples,,,,all mixxed with those chironomids.
Anyone know if Gardom lake has turned over yet?
Community Lake is probably still iced up! Road is snowed in at the 2km mark! So close!!!
I bet it will be another 2 weeks minimum…..
Yeah Community is one of the highest elevation lakes around Kamloops so it will be awhile yet. Looks like some moderate heat is in the forecast next week (mid-20’sC) so that will get some of those higher lakes progressing. I think Analfin is right, 2 weeks minimum.
Anybody on here know if Dugan lake in caribou is iced off??
Anybody on here now if Dugan lake in caribou is iced off yet??
Just got an email from Wayne confirming Peterhope ice off on April 22 🙂
As much as I hate naming lakes.. anyone know the condition of Forest Lake just passed Mcleese Lake? Wondering if its turning.. heard it iced off last Friday. Please delete if you need to lol
Thanks
Shhh…. The mericuns might find it haha.
Sorry can’t help you though……
Apparently its already pretty clogged up.. Lol
Hey everyone, I only get two days a week I’m able to get out and fish : ( and after a horrible day at Jacko last week would hate to hit another lake in turnover…could someone please tell me if either Red or Black are in turnover at the moment as I was hoping to check out one of them tomorrow. I’m sure someone here must know? I would appreciate very much any help If you could please?
Hey Evan not sure when you fished Jacko last week but my buddy went Sunday and said it was lights out for numbers and even got a few 4ish lbers all on cronies. Red is just recently ice off and in my experience takes a few weeks to fly fish well. But then again I don’t spend much time there right at ice off so maybe someone else who does can comment on it. Black, like most clear water lakes, again in my experience, really doesn’t suffer from the effects of turnover as much as the shallower soup bowl lakes but the fishing is not exactly easy until the cronies start coming off. The other local lake I heard was fishing good were morgan with fish to 5ish lbs on cronies.
Thanks for the response…I heard a couple guys did ok in the woodpiles…I never made my way back there unfortunately
Hey Evan I’ve fished red lake every year after ice out with the same results each year, and that’s very poor fishing. It’s my opinion that red never picks up till middle of May. I don’t even bother until then anymore.
Thanks Paul! Red is always hit or miss for me but I have done extremely well early ice off when others weren’t. But More luck than skill i’d say ; )
If you want to have fun go fish Beaton right now it’s loaded with fish nothing much over a pound but it’s non stop action and the bugs are popping
Some buddies had good success at Six Mile too. Bunny leeches several colours.
Really though “only two days a week”…. what I wouldnt give to go that frequently 😉
Lol…(any less than that and I think I would go insane. This time of year I got only one thing on the brain.) Yes six mile was fishing decent my last outing there as well.
Wow … Tom just forwarded me the following ice off lists for Face & Paska lakes going back to 1970! Not sure we can go all the way back to 1970 on the SS (maybe 5 years?) but what a great resource …
Ice-Off Dates Courtesy of Mile High Resort (Bob & Tash van Tongeren)
Mile High Resort
Year | Face | Paska
1970 May-11 May-09
1971 May-11 May-10
1972 May-18 May-16
1973 May-16 May-15
1974 May-21 May-10
1975 May-23 May-18
1976 May-16 May-10
1977 May-16 May-10
1978 May-17 May-13
1979 May-12 May-11
1980 May -01 Apr -30
1981 May-12 May-12
1982 May-24 May-22
1983 May-16 May-15
1984 May-31 May-29
1985 May-18 May-16
1986 May-29 May-27
1987 Apr -30 Apr -29
1988 May-10 May-08
1989 May-04 May-06
1990 May-03 Apr -23
1991 May-14 May-11
1992 Apr – 26 Apr -26
1993 May-12 May-10
1994 Apr – 28 Apr -27
1995 May-15 May-12
1970 May-11 May-09
1971 May-11 May-10
1972 May-18 May-16
1973 May-16 May-15
1974 May-21 May-10
1975 May-23 May-18
1976 May-16 May-10
1977 May-16 May-10
1978 May-17 May-13
1979 May-12 May-11
1980 May -01 Apr -30
1981 May-12 May-12
1982 May-24 May-22
1983 May-16 May-15
1984 May-31 May-29
1985 May-18 May-16
1986 May-29 May-27
1987 Apr -30 Apr -29
1988 May-10 May-08
1989 May-04 May-06
1990 May-03 Apr -23
1991 May-14 May-11
1992 Apr – 26 Apr -26
1993 May-12 May-10
1994 Apr – 28 Apr -27
1995 May-15 May-12
1996 May-14 May-13
1997 May-14 May-13
1998 May-04 May-03
1999 May-24 May-18
2000 May-05 May-02
2001 May-15 May-14
2002 May-26 May-19
2003 May-14 May-12
2004 Apr -27 Apr -26
2005 Apr -28 Apr -27
2006 Apr -27 Apr -25
2007 May-08 May-07
2008 May-23 May-18
2009 May-17 May-15
2010 May-16 May-14
2011 May-25 May-22
2012 May-13 May-12
2013 May-10 May-07
2014 May-16 May-14
2015 Apr -21 Apr -22
2016 Apr -21 Apr -20
2017
Damn, i was really only interested in the ice-off timing of these two lakes between 1949 and 1961. Too bad…
Hey Guys; Thanks for all the comments. we are fishing Stump next Friday. Any reports?
More concerned to see if the turnover is all done.
I’ll post a report here after fishing Stump.
Thanks
It’s a tough launch at stump the entire middle launch is under water and still rising and will continue to do so for some time yet to come. The north end is filthy and fishing has been hit or miss at best, and is likely to continue on as such until we hit a decent stretch of weather.
Steady pre-turnover fishing at Pass on balanced micro leeches in shallow water.
Anyone know if pass has turned? It’s low so I thought it would have by now. Hoping to hit it tomo
Anyone bin to kane lakes area? I was there 2 weeks ago an it was still iced up, wondering if it’s coming off now? Or soon!?
Without a doubt it will be ready to fish now.
I drive through the Kane Valley on Saturday. E-man was thawed (with no signs of fish), Harmon was mostly frozen, and the rest were mostly ice-free. I was surprised at how late they were, considering that Courtney came off a full two weeks before. I thought they would only be a week to ten days behind; but it looked looked like it’s closer to 2.5 weeks this year.
Please excuse my typos. Fat thumbs, apparently. I wish there was an edit feature on here! 🙂
OK you now should have 5 mins after post to edit/delete … let me know what you think 🙂