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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: The Fish Hunter on February 03, 2013, 09:34:04 PM

Title: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: The Fish Hunter on February 03, 2013, 09:34:04 PM
Can someone please tell me where I can fight some bass........ Besides mill lake
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: Rantalot on February 03, 2013, 09:36:31 PM
Anywhere in Maple Ridge, Pitt meadows area.
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: The Fish Hunter on February 03, 2013, 09:37:17 PM
Lol liiiiiike? :)
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: Fillibert on February 03, 2013, 10:14:52 PM
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/337851.pdf

Just saw it on the fly forum, I think it might help
Doesn't have Deer lake in burnaby though... there's a whole thread on it
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: BCfisherman97 on February 03, 2013, 10:24:12 PM
Was actually thinking of maybe fishing Deer tomorrow since I have no school but thinking it's a little cold for them right now.
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: Geff_t on February 03, 2013, 10:34:00 PM
Anywhere in Maple Ridge, Pitt meadows area.
Actually not true. There are only a few places in Pitt Meadows but tyey get real tough to catch in the winter. Hatzic lake in Mission can be really good with the.right water levels. There is also Silvermere lake in Mission as well.
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: The Fish Hunter on February 03, 2013, 10:34:24 PM
Thank you!!
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: The Fish Hunter on February 03, 2013, 10:36:01 PM
How do I get into hatzic or silvermere? I thought they were closed to public and you needed to "know someone"
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: noxcape on February 03, 2013, 10:36:30 PM
Check out www.westcoastbassanglers.webs.com and look under the lakes section has a good list of lakes with bass in them
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: noxcape on February 03, 2013, 10:37:28 PM
Hatzic you can launch a car topper from the road at shook and silvermere you can fish from shore by the highway
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: The Fish Hunter on February 03, 2013, 10:38:22 PM
Awesome!! Thank you!!!
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: noxcape on February 03, 2013, 10:40:11 PM
No problem if you have anymore questions about catching bass just ask away :)
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: BCfisherman97 on February 03, 2013, 10:53:01 PM
No problem if you have anymore questions about catching bass just ask away :)

Well I will bite, do you think the bass are active right now? Not sure if I should wake up in the morning and head out.

Thanks
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: noxcape on February 04, 2013, 12:04:35 AM
Depends on if your shore fishing or from a boat I was out this weekend and the water was still pretty damn cold but I do know a few buddies who where out in boats and got a couple small fish of your gonna fish find m deep water with rock or wood structure because they hold te heat and fish very slow this time if the year I would drag jigs very slowly across the bottom
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: Quin on February 04, 2013, 01:07:57 AM
Check out B.C. Outdoors Sport Fishing magazine Jan/Feb 2013 for an excellent article on bass fishing in B.C. There's a list of waters of bass waters. It's only a partial list but it's a start. It also mentions the illegal transport of fish in B.C. A very good article by Jesse Martin, well worth the read.

Also check out the Bass Anglers of B.C. website for more info and links.

Quin
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: Shawn6o4 on February 04, 2013, 02:10:13 PM
I fished deer lake from my usualy shore spot last week, managed a few bass but nothing too big.
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: joska on February 04, 2013, 03:00:53 PM
give the rivers a rest boys and girls grab some dew worms  and slip floats and hit the many ponds that hold bass in the lowermainland. ;D noxcape please gather everyone and take them to all the hot spots that hold bass ;)
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: noxcape on February 04, 2013, 06:38:25 PM
Naw joska ill leave them all to you to enjoy the river with I love my nice quiet time bass fishing
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: noobfisher on February 04, 2013, 08:15:50 PM
I enjoyed bass fishing last summer :). Tried a few different rigs and ended up doing well wacky rigging soft plastic worms.  It was a blast fishing for bass, I enjoyed it a lot more than stocked trout.
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: noxcape on February 04, 2013, 09:42:29 PM
^ that is a good thing to hear alot of people don't seem to realize how much fun they are or just don't want to admit it
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: joska on February 05, 2013, 08:35:59 AM
i cant say tossing a spinner bait out in the reeds and burning it back only to have the rod ripped out of your hands when pull the lure out of the water ain't fun. bucketmouth and his jigs, the master of disaster. but  im not gonna my smelly socks you handy andy... bass got cupcakes on steelhead.
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: newsman on February 07, 2013, 01:21:39 PM
Nice dry fly fish when the water warms up. The take on big skated dries is the same as it is for 5 lb plus trout. Fly fishing these guys is much harder than trout because of the cover they hold in. If you can't accurately cast into tight places with and without wind, you will be skunked. As Andy said there is a good list of Bass waters on the WCBA site.
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: Burbot on February 08, 2013, 03:02:12 PM
I wonder how more more lakes will be stocked/ruined this year?
Title: Re: BASS where can I find them and where can I fish for them
Post by: noobfisher on February 08, 2013, 06:26:06 PM
The bass I found last summer are more fun to play than the stocked trout in the lower mainland.  I guess part of the fun is not knowing how big the bass is going to be, I guess I was getting bored of 400 gram triploids :)