Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Hike_and_fish on March 26, 2019, 03:34:23 PM
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Just took a drive to Sasquatch. Trout, Deer and Hicks have no ice. Kawkawa fished ok. Had a Jet boat doing loops around the lake for an hour. It was quite annoying considering the lake WAS calm.
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Yay!
Ice off!
I love ice off!
Spring is springing. 👍
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Just took a drive to Sasquatch. Trout, Deer and Hicks have no ice. Kawkawa fished ok. Had a Jet boat doing loops around the lake for an hour. It was quite annoying considering the lake WAS calm.
Would be nice if these smaller lakes had a 9.9 hp outboard limit. Kawkawa Cultis etc...
Guess their is not any power boat racing about /water skiing in Chilliwack Lk. (???)
Too cold.
Keep them in Harrison L in the area.
Annoying ya say...bet the fish if they could talk would agree.
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Both Hicks and Deer Lake at Sasquatch Provincial Park have motor restrictions. Cultus is not considered a small lake. It is what it is at Kawkawa, fishing isn't the only recreational activity.
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Personally I've never been a fan of motor size restrictions. Speed and seasonal controls make more sense. Example Hicks. It's a decent size lake. Would be nice to use a larger motor with a top speed limit during the swimming months when the weather is warmer. It's almost as big as Kawakaw. This time of year theres nobody on Hicks during the week and Kawakaw is nothing but fishermen till mid June, so introduce a speed restriction.
My 2 cents.
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What's the best way to hit Kawkawa this time of year? Fly, bait? Anything goes?
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Both Hicks and Deer Lake at Sasquatch Provincial Park have motor restrictions. Cultus is not considered a small lake. It is what it is at Kawkawa, fishing isn't the only recreational activity.
The big boys with the big boats on Cultus Lk keep the smaller boats off the lake.
Once was in a cartopper & big boat roared behind & turned & a huge wake came...like the Poseidon movie only this wave hit my stern.
Literally the boat took off riding the wave like a surf board!!!!
Thought we'd crash into the north shore but after travelling some distance the wave went under the boat.
Funny now but not when it was happening.
If I ever win a billion dollars a...will try to buy Cultus Lk & will only have friends fish & swim there.
You would be welcome Rodney. -Al
Guess at the Gate there would be protesters 24/7 7 days a week for the next 500...1000...yrs....
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I’m not a water skiing type, but there’s only a few lakes for those guys around. Car toppers get lots of lakes to fish. Let them play.
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I fished here today and so did 20 other boats. Saw Rod when I was going back to the dock. The boy and I got 3 Koks. The boy does have the patience to anchor so we had the downrigger out.
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If you go to Cultus with a small craft in mid summer when density of ski boat is at its highest, you're just asking for trouble. That's like riding a bike down Granville Street at 5pm and complaining how dangerous the traffic and exhaust it is. There are much more enjoyable lakes to fish at throughout the warm months.
Kawkawa is done until mid May when the fishing picks up again. What a let down for the season opener. At least the kids had fun.
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I’m not a water skiing type, but there’s only a few lakes for those guys around. Car toppers get lots of lakes to fish. Let them play.
...a few? Alouette, Stave (if they dare), Harrison, Cultus, Chilliwack, Albert Dyck, Kawkawa.
Georgia Strait, Boundary Bay,The Fraser, Pitt River...I got buzzed by skiers on the North Al at Neaves Road on a miserable March Day...perhaps they thought no one would be there to see them break the 8k speed limit.
This isn't even counting what's available when in the Okanagan and other spots in the interior.
As for small lakes with too many power boats visit Shawnigan Lake near Duncan on a nice July day.
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Congrats on listing A FEW lakes. There’s more car topper lakes on one page of a back roads map book then you listed.
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the colloquial meaning of 'a few' is usually 2 or 3, maybe 4. It's possible to quickly list a dozen or more local venues for water skiing.
You make it sound like lakes such as Mill (once a popular location for it), Grace, Wolfe, Rolley etc should be all open for water skiing and other speed boat activities.
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I know I sure hated them the one time I tried kawkawa. Zero shits given, full speed parallel passes 20ft away from the canoe. One guy swamped us, had to go to shore to empty the boat...I get that ya gotta share the water but a little bit of courtesy goes a long way...
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If you go to Cultus with a small craft in mid summer when density of ski boat is at its highest, you're just asking for trouble. That's like riding a bike down Granville Street at 5pm and complaining how dangerous the traffic and exhaust it is. There are much more enjoyable lakes to fish at throughout the warm months.
Kawkawa is done until mid May when the fishing picks up again. What a let down for the season opener. At least the kids had fun.
Your correct.
I was just a stupid teenager at the time. Live & learn.
Since learned many lessons with experiance.
Like the guy with his wife. & two small daughters in a small inflatable maybe 8 ft long ( max 10ft) with aluminum oars in the channel of the Fraser River by Steveston on high tide.
Big ship going down river & tug. & barge going up river.
The guy had no idea he should not be on this river with what craft he had.
Life's stories are many....
The story gets even worst. ( Cultus ) in another 14 ft Fiberglass boat ( ours ) it was coming to the launch & a ski boat came around the corner & only one guy in the ski boat. Operator was staring at the skier & his boat rammed our boat. Thank goodness no major injuries. Boat flipped & ski boat went flying in the air !!!!!!!
If ya want real excitement spend time boating in the main Fraser from New West to Sandheads & Georgia Straight. Believe me spent 1000s of hrs in max 16 ft boat....
Most times safe but there were many times....scared / heart stopping / on & on...
Need a T Shirt with message...boated Richmond area Fraser R to Sandheads & beyond & still alive. :o
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the colloquial meaning of 'a few' is usually 2 or 3, maybe 4. It's possible to quickly list a dozen or more local venues for water skiing.
You make it sound like lakes such as Mill (once a popular location for it), Grace, Wolfe, Rolley etc should be all open for water skiing and other speed boat activities.
Lost in translation I guess. What I was getting at is Cultus is a waterskiing hotspot for a few months of the year. Let em have it.
I’d love to see Mill lake with a dozen or so qualified captains buzzing around there like hornets. I’d be on the dock with a lawn chair and a beer.
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I think one issue power boat owners face is a lack of public boat ramps and parking facilities.
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Actually almost no one water skis anymore. It's all wake surfing now. Wake surf boats throw even bigger swells because they are pumped full of ballast to make bigger waves but at least they are going at much lower speeds.
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The slower the speed the bigger the wake sometimes. Tug boats seem the have the opposite effect. I know when I go at a medium pace my wake is big. When I'm flat out on plane theres almont none. A tug boat going fast on the Fraser not pulling a load is probably the worst thing. I've sat thru wakes that will hit the bank and come back even when the original wake is still hitting the boat. Itll turn a calm river into ruff waters for almost 15min straight. Anywhere west of the galravel pit can be annoying at times.
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Less likely to mow you down at lower speeds is what I meant. Sorry my tugboat waves are annoying.
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A fun day at Hicks Lake with about 50 hook-ups. Most of the fish were small kokanee between 6 and 10 inches long. Some rainbow trout up to 14 inches long. Fish were hugging the bottom in 40 to 50 feet of water.
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I cant wait till that gravel pit is finished. I know LOTS of people will celebrate when its finished.
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I fished a 12 ft car topper with a 9.9 outboard out in Sooke around Secretary island back in the day when I was young and had no fear! Lol. Should have seen the flabber gasted looks I received.