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[jettabambino]

Hi Island people.   Headed with the family for a week to nanaimo   I was looking at stuff to do.   Thinking of going crabbing or doing fishing.  Would love to go for trout but its going to be hot and i wont have a boat.  Probably wont have much luck from the shore? 

Wondering if anyone can help me out.  I will be with the kids.  I dont need to know honey holes but would love to be pointed in the right direction.

[carpman]

Check out some of the nearby bass lakes.

[jettabambino]

Sent a dm.  No idea which bass lakes are around with shore access 🙂🙃🙂

[Clarki Hunter]

https://islandfishermanmagazine.com/bc-smallmouth-on-vancouver-island/

[RalphH]

Westwood Lake has a public (City) Park with a picnic area. Quennell's shoreline is pretty much all private. Spider Lake has quite a bit of public access but is a bit of a drive north.

[clarki]

Not a Nanaimo person myself, but we have fam that lived on Long Lake.

I'm more familiar with the west end of the lake where there is public shore access via a trail, and Loudon Park which has a fishing dock.

https://www.nanaimoinformation.com/long-lake.php
https://www.nanaimo.ca/parks-search/Parks/113-Loudon-Park-and-Trail
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/loudon-walkway 

[RalphH]

both Long and Green Lake which is just towards Nanoose Bay had smallmouth bass in the past.

http://www.fishnbc.com/locations/fishingspotdetails.php?SpotName=Green%20Lake%20(Nanaimo)

https://www.anglersatlas.com/place/100253/green-lake

[island boy]

divers lake has a dock you can fish from. if you go to westwood walk along the dam and follow the trail till you get to some bluffs. fished there tons as a kid. the river that flows through bowen park has cutties. not sure of water levels.

[island boy]

under the bridge on east wellington road has cutties.

[ynot]

what date are you here.  do you like clams?   pink run in august casting from shore.

[coldfinger]

The Colliery Damns is a great area to take kids , they can fish from shore with bobber and worms or spinners. Some great swimming areas. And the area also has bathrooms.
https://www.nanaimo.ca/parks-search/Parks/12-Colliery-Dam-Park

Grew up in Harewood , hung out alot there as a kid in the back in the 60s.

 Good times

[jettabambino]

what date are you here.  do you like clams?   pink run in august casting from shore.

Here next week.   Sounds like it might be some crab fishing and dock fishing

[jettabambino]

leaving tomorrow.   Thanks for all the help and DM's   I am going to bring the fresh water stuff.   If thats not producing i will take a trip to a tackle store and get some crab traps...