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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: freakonaleash on August 14, 2007, 02:59:01 PM
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I caught one today and my stepdad also got one. I really wasnt sure if i had to phone the fisheries or not. Im going to email them.
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Nasty looking thing :|
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Looks like a Crappie or a Bluegill! Good job! Sunfish are in the same family right?
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Good job on catching the fish but I cant believe they are in there. Where abouts did you catch this fish on the creek? I live only a couple blocks away from Kanaka and fish it quite often. Was it in the slough, near the By-Pass?
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I think it's either pumpkinseed or longear sunfish.
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We where freaked out ! Never seen anything like it. Well, after you cross the train tracks your take a right into kanaka creek park or whatever its called. Then when you enter the parking lot travel westbound towards the very end. Then theres a path (washrooms on left) and follow it to the boat launch for canoes right by the bridge. It was over there that we caught them. Are they hard to catch or something ? Rare ? Yuck theyre ugly
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Looks like a pumpkinseed. They're quite prolific and will end up eating themselves out of house and home. Many ponds where I live have a million of these along with stunted bass. Really turns the fishery to crap. I don't know much about your creek. If the flow is slow and the water is warm, I guess they could survive there.
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I have caught several of these little buggers out of silvermere lake. Apparently they are good eatn', especially in the good ole' south.
Anybody ever eaten a sunfish?
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I have caught several of these little buggers out of silvermere lake. Apparently they are good eatn', especially in the good ole' south.
Anybody ever eaten a sunfish?
Funny you say that, but thats what i heard as well. The guy that was also fishing down the bank told me that there are many delicious oriental recipes for sunfish.
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These pumpkinseed sunfish are everywhere. Over the past 4 years I see them more and more, especially smaller urban creeks
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i have also heard that sunfish are very good eat'n..especially down south.
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Yep, Sunfish are delicious. Ate 'em occassionally; growing up back east. Takes alot of the little buggers to make a meal though ;); very bony. ;D
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Pumpkinseed sunfish was this it.
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nosey, that looks like it
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They're not bad. Each fillet is good for one bite. They taste similar to Bass and Crappie. Best to beer batter and fry them. Instead of using cracker crumbs, use salt and vinegar potato chips.
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Those little fish killed off most of the kokanee in my lake, I'd imagine they do the same to a little sensitive ditch like kanaka, I sure hope it was ony a fluke, Kill em if you catch em
They wont do much damage to the salmon stocks in Kanaka as they wont be going into the upper river where the salmon spawn.
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They're not bad. Each fillet is good for one bite. They taste similar to Bass and Crappie. Best to beer batter and fry them. Instead of using cracker crumbs, use salt and vinegar potato chips.
I have had these before also but not with the s+v for crumbs that sounds good. As far as how they taste -- to me they beat salmon anyday -- but that is just me
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What would you use to catch sunfish ? ??? ???
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Hook and a worm my friend. Thats pretty much all i use. It works amazing.
about killing them, I dont like killing anything. I never have killed a fish, I always put them back, and i dont even like the taste of fish. I just do it for sport.
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Are there any other lakes that have sun fish in the lower mainland ?
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Why do you use worms if you do not like killing any thing. ;D Do you just like others to do your killing, then you can go to macdonalds with a clear conscience. ;D Me i have always been able to kill things, then when i eat them i have a clear conscience. Even vegans cause the death of things.
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Stump Lake up in the Squamish area has a ton of these in it. Anyone know what the daily limit on these is?
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Your right 2slow stump lake has so many. My friend and I used to go over there when we camped at alice lake when we were young. We stood on the log that goes out into the middle of the lake. If you put on a worm you won't be able to keep them off. They are not big fighters or anything but tons of fun for little kids.
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How big are the sunfish at stump lake ? Is there places to fish from shore or is a boat needed ? I have seen sunfish caught on tv but have never seen any in the lower mainland . Is there a season or do they bite anytime ? This topic has gotten me interested in catching a sunfish .
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The sun fish are not very big, probably about the size of the picture nosey posted on the first page. Of course you get some slightly bigger and smaller. Its been a couple years since i fished there but I am sure there are places you could fish from shore. You wont need much space. I fished off the log, which you can walk onto from shore. I don't know about seasons as I do not fish them except when I was little but I camped there around this time and we were getting them like crazy so it should be good now. But there are others who may know more as the only experience I have is fishing them when I was younger. Good Luck
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Fish for them where you would fish for bass. However, they are in typically shallower water and hang out in schools. I prefer to sight fish them. They are not shy, thus great fish for kids to fish for. You can also use powerbait worms or grubs. They will stay on the hook longer than one fish. Again, they are prolific, so don't feel bad about keeping them. Otherwise, they will tend to compete for food with others and eventually everything in the lake will get stunted.
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on stump there is a path around the whole lake and anywhere you can get access to the lake off that path you will catch them. I take people there that never have fished so that they are guaranteed something and as a bonus you will get the odd rainbow there also. Worm and bobber is the way to go. and you wont wait much more than 30 seconds before your bobber takes off
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If you really want to have some fun with these guys, take the lightest fly rod you've got and cast out anything in the way of a dry fly (once you've located the structure they're hanging around; they like to dart out from hiding and ambush anything) drag it slowing across the surface and hang on!! These little guys will generally give you a great pound for pound fight.
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Thanks for the info about sunfish ,now could you tell me how to get to stump lake .I've never been there ?
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Go up to the alice lake turnoff after squamish follow the road up to alice lake stump lake has a parking area and its about a 5 min walk to the lake.
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As you were saying fly fishing would be a lot of fun for these fish however I have had my fly rod for 10 years and yet to catch a fish .Since pan fish are more redily at stump I will try to break in my fly rod there .
Lyle
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problem with flyrod at stump is there is no room for back cast you need to roll cast to get it out there what you really need is a float tube then you can get anywhere on that lake
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My fly casting has a lot to be desired,thats out of the question .I guess it's back to ultra-lite spinning . Are there any other lakes that have sunfish in them ? ??? ??? ???
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My fly casting has a lot to be desired,thats out of the question .I guess it's back to ultra-lite spinning . Are there any other lakes that have sunfish in them ? ??? ??? ???
Trout Lake in Vancouver has Pumpkinseed Sunfish and Crappies which are like a sunfish. Whonnock Lake in Maple Ridge has more Crappies than one could ever want to catch literally thousands or tens of thousands. Hatzic Lake has sunfish and crappies as well as bass. Also try Mill Lake in Abby for crappies, sunfish and bass.
CandT 8)
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Why do you use worms if you do not like killing any thing. ;D Do you just like others to do your killing, then you can go to macdonalds with a clear conscience. ;D Me i have always been able to kill things, then when i eat them i have a clear conscience. Even vegans cause the death of things.
Haha worms are the exception. I dont kill anything because i honestly dont like fish. WITH the second exception being salmon. But due to many closed fisheries and a lack of experience i never get any
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Could you please give me directions to whonnock lake and can you catch the crappies or sunfish from shore ? ??? ??? ???
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Could you please give me directions to whonnock lake and can you catch the crappies or sunfish from shore ? ??? ??? ???
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=vancouver+bc&daddr=whonnock+lake+bc&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.939885,59.765625&ie=UTF8&z=10&om=1
Paste that in your browser. Thats from Vancouver you can add your exact address up top in the search bar to get more accurate directions. Whonnock is not really a good shore fishing lake but you can try, there are a few spots ( I recommend bringing at least waders or shorts and sandals). Those little crappies school up in/near the weeds anyway. Get there early in the morning or later at night or you will be dealing with armies of screaming rugrats and barking dogs.
Hope ths helps,
CandT 8)
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What is a screaming rugrat, do they bite? ??? ??? ???
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What is a screaming rugrat, do they bite? ??? ??? ???
:D :D :D
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Whonnock's horrible. ;D
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I was about to try Whonnock and know you say it's horrible , whats so horrible about it ? ??? ??? ???
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I caught a sunfish at the exact same spot, Thurs. the 23rd. Right at the mouth of the Kanaka where it meets the Fraser. I'd never seen one of them before and at first I thought, "WTF? Did someone release an aquarium fish in here?"
After putting the first fella back in the water, I realized that the little depression just 7 feet offshore that I was fishing in was literally loaded to the gills with the odd-looking little buggers. Was using a weight follwoed by 2 feet of leader and a barbless bait hook with a dew worm for bait. The sunfish robbed me blind of all my worms in under half an hour. If you're out for these guys, I'd suggest getting your worms threaded on as tight as you can.
As for Whonnock, i agree, it's sort of an unappetizing shoreline. Shares the sames characteristics as a few other lakes in the Maple Ridge area, namely: Mike Lake and Rolley. Creepy brown water, lots of lilly pads, mushy 'beach' and small fish... But your mileage may vary....