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Anyone know if the lakes near Falkland are thawed (Joyce Lake, Pillar Lake, Pinaus Lake, Square Lake…)?
Not a chance. If White and 6 Mile aren’t open there is no way those lakes are open.
Anyone know if lakes around 800 meters would be ice off yet
Latest from the Ice-Off simulator:
Full Ice Off
Six Mile – April 5 (however, based on art’s recent report, it looks like the simulator might be off a bit)
Morgan – April 8
Stump – April 12
Jacko – April 14
Edith – April 24
Red – April 30th
This is the latest ice off since 2009. Oh, and Jim, the following lakes: Morgan, Six Mile and Stump, are all below 800 m, as they sit at 600 and change to 700 and change, and they are still ice on, so I doubt anything is open at the 800 m mark. I feel you pain. I thought I would be out on Six Mile and Morgan by now. Now I am out of the country for the next 10 days, so will miss these two lakes opening, but shoul dbe back for Stump…I hope.
Cheers,
Darryl
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Here’s a picture from today at deep Lake. About a foot of clear around perimeter of the lake. Gives a good idea of what other lakes at that elevation look like!
Deep is a bit of a weird one though as the little valley that it lies within keeps it more sheltered from the wind and sun than 6 Mile and Morgan so it tends to ice-off a bit later than those lakes even though it is actually 50 m lower in elevation.
Even so, the really warm weather this coming week will strip that ice off by next week without a doubt.
Gofishbc just posted in Facebook that Stump is ice free. Just passing along their report. Can anyone confirm? It seems highly unlikely to me, but they seem like they would know.
Ya stump is 3/4 ice free from the north end, I pulled into today and literally watched it break up. Windy
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So Stump is fishable?I’m going to make the drive from Maple Ridge if it is iced off. You just made my day!
HOLY SH*T. Thanks for the pics. I will be on the water at first light.
Can’t wait for a fishing report! Keep us posted please!
Let the Aluminum hatch begin!
See you boys at 8am!
Camped for the weekend will see how it goes if wind ever shuts off.
Heard from a couple fellows today that Barnes lake has iced off. Can anyone confirm?
Huh, Barnes and Stump iced off before Morgan and Six Mile. Funny year.
Well Stump is not technically full ice off …
Someone on FlyBC said that he went to Barnes today and it still had lots of ice and he didn’t feel like it would be iced off for at least a week. Who’s got the legit info?
I was a bit reluctant to post this as I had not seen it with my own eyes but the guys who reported it (like the guy on flybc) said they were there. hmm, may have to start requiring picture proof 😕 In hind sight I should have worded the report differently … I will edit.
That was me at Barnes on Saturday. Did’nt think of taking a picture till i was half way home, ice off at least a week maybe more.
Paul
Went to Six mile and Morgan a few days ago. Still plenty of ice and very little water showing along the edges.
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Jacko and 6 Mile as of today…
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Fished Yellow Lake today for a couple of hours. Ice free along most of the Northern shore from 50-100 feet out. Should be off entirely in a few days I would think.
Well, so much for the simulator. Those that doubted were right to doubt. I had Six Mile coming off yesterday. That did not happen, and Stump was not suppose to come off until the 11th or 12th. Looks like it will be off much, much sooner than than. Stump before Six Mile and Morgan…weird. I have never seen that before. Sorry the predictions were off this year. I thought I had something going here given that last year it seemed to be working just fine. Good news is that Six Mile, Morgan, Stump and a few other will be ice fee with this upcoming warmth. 🙂
Cheers,
Darryl
Weird year for sure but I don’t think you’re as far off as you think. Remember your times are based on full ice off. I suspect Six Mile and Morgan are mere days if not hours away. I’m thinking you will be right on the money or VERY close with Morgan. And Stump is only open on the north end … again if the south end takes a few days to a week to come off you will have been right in the ball park! Time will tell but I think you will be close on Jacko, Edith & Red as well. Thanks for running the simulator again this year … right or wrong it’s very interesting to watch how it unfolds!
No worries Darryl, I think I speak for many when I say, Thank you for sharing the ice off simulator with us again this year and sure hope to see it again next year.
The simulator is great! Gets a guy anticipating the ice off, and got me tying flies like crazy! Now when it happens I’m stocked up.
Thanks everyone. I thought I was going to be booed off the stage. Who knows, maybe it will be close. And yes, I will run the simulator and share it next year again. Now, however, it is time to fish!!
Cheers,
Darryl
Darryl – No “Boos” from me! And I look forward to your next “simulator” and any other comments you may care to share.
The Rest of You – Please continue to post the full ice off dates for any and all lakes for the benefit of the Rest of Us! I have been compiling a year to year list of these dates, hit and miss as it may be, for future reference. Thanks All.
Tom
Jacko 24 hours after Evan’s post above:
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😯 Almost brings tears of joy to my eyes lol
All that being said
With the warm weather this week, is there a chance Jacko will be ice free by this sat?
Keep us lower mainlanders updated
Would love to head out on Sat
Did anyone check out Sawmill last week?
According to Trout Waters in Kelowna, Sawmill was ice off for the weekend.
Sawmill is ice off , fishing was a little slow
Thanks Jim!
I will be there coming weekend
I hope the lake did turn by then
I will update you guys by monday
Thx David
I am looking for reports for the Nicola Valley region and can’t seem to find anything on-line. Anybody here been around the area at all?
Thalia, Kump, Hornet, Hook Lakes particularly… Kane Valley.
Hook being at almost 1300 meters, I doubt it’ll be ready to fish for another couple of weeks, but I am hoping some of the others will ice-off this week.
Any feedback would be great.
Thanks!
A friend and I went up to 6 Mile last Friday to check out how the ice off was coming and when we rolled up we saw black smoke in the air. I took this picture when we arrived and spots on far end of the lake were on fire. At first we thought these were controlled burns but did not see anyone and then another gentleman stopped and told us someone was up earlier, setting these fires, then drove off as soon as this gentleman arrived. He also mentioned the area is a duck / bird habitat / sanctuary and no reason for the fires.
Just wanted to pass this onto the Flyguys community to see if anyone would know if they were controlled burns or not?
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Got a few responses on the facebook page … appears the fires were legit ranchers/forestry maintenance burns.
Lac le juene still got ice. http://www.laclejeune.ca/webcam2.html