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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sam6140 on May 24, 2011, 07:12:16 AM
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Has anyone ever tried fishing there? I remember fishing there a couple of times when I was a kid. Didn't get a bite, but didn't really know what I was doing either. lol. It looks like a decent place to fish in the city. I think there are some fish in there, but have no idea what. I have seen some feeding in the past. I have seen some minnows too.
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I used to fish there a lot when I was a kid 8-12. but that was about 20 years ago. At that time they were stocking the pond with rainbows and I was usually able to limit out every day. I don't think they stock it anymore but there may be some trout still in there. I know there were lots of big carp in there at the time and nobody ever fished them so there may be some really big carp in there now. There was also a large koi fish that you could see swimming around but could never get it to bite lol. I just used worms on the bottom or under a float and had great success.
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Thanks Bryson. Guess we're the same age, then. lol I used to live close to Squint Lake, so it holds some interest to me. Maybe I'll give that lake a try one day.
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I also live in the area and have always wanted to try fishing it........that being said could someone inquire and post the answer here? Id really like to know.
Thanx
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Been browsing on here for awile now.. decided to finally join, and make this my first post...
I used to live in burnaby, and fished all the local waters, never did try squint lake... i now live in kits...but have a good friend living just a block away from squint lake... the lake does get fished.. mostly from the floating dock, there are a number of species in there, including cutthroat,pikeminnow, maybe some carp.. im sure there are other species in there as well... If you do decide to fish there, please treat the place with respect, and C&R all fish, its a very fragile system... best to avoid it unless you got nowhere else to go.
All the best.
AD
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Urbanflyfisher. I think you might be thinking of Burnaby Lake. Squint lake DOES NOT have a dock. Squint Lake is the small lake/pond in the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course (right by the parking lot), and adjacent to the buildings.
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I think he means deer lake. Burnaby lake was never good for fishing but after this dredging and clean up of the lake I would hope to see it become a nice place to fish!
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Hi folks, squint lake is what im thinking of, i dont remember a dock there either, but im told there now is a small "dock/platform" on the lake... havent been there in the last 10 years... maybe one of you folks that live in the area can confirm? ??? i just checked google earth and there does seem to be a small platform near the smaller southern parking lot.. doesnt look much like a dock...
Its part of the eagle creek tributary, a salmon bearing stream, burnaby lake and its tributaries have a wild cutthroat population, i dont see why they wouldnt be in squint lake, fish have been observed jumping in there, pikeminnow most likely would have made it up too, as for carp im really not sure.. but seeing as every other lake has them id expect them to be in there as well. If not the common carp.. then pet variety most likely.. being a populated area.. and who knows what else.
Ive been thinking of maybe getting my float tube and going to check it out later this summer.
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I also grew up around the area. Lived in the towers next to the golf course and pulled many a cutty out of that lake and even some in the creek. I was young at the time and brought a few home to cook but they wern't the best tasting. They didn't stock it in those days so most fish were wild. As far as I know it isn't very deep anywhere in that lake.
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I'm wondering why they don't stock that lake? It's not a bad looking lake. It's a lot better looking than Como Lake, Deer Lake, and Burnaby Lake. It has a nice inflow and outflow. It can't hurt to stock it with even just a few hundred fish a year.
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I'm wondering why they don't stock that lake? It's not a bad looking lake. It's a lot better looking than Como Lake, Deer Lake, and Burnaby Lake. It has a nice inflow and outflow. It can't hurt to stock it with even just a few hundred fish a year.
Ive wondered the same, its a really nice looking little natural lake... i tried looking online why they stopped stocking it.. couldnt find anything.
Cutthroat are bound to be in there but in small numbers, its a very fragile population, hence my original comment on C&R.
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Burnaby lake was never good for fishing but after this dredging and clean up of the lake I would hope to see it become a nice place to fish!
Did they resume the dredging? it was stopped in 09 due to the highly endangered painted back turtle... ::)
Despite most reports, its really not a bad lake to fish... if you know how... ive fly fished for carp in there... hooked a few small ones but none of the 50lbs monsters rumored to be in there, a boat of some sort really opens up the possibilities, a few weeks after they stock deer lake.. you can catch some stray rainbows that come down deer lake brook, suckers are in there also from what i hear... never caught one myself in there so cant confirm. When i first started catching smallmouth back in 03 in the brunette, i was sure they came from burnaby lake... but as far as i know nobody has caught any in there since the fifty's, when it was stocked.
Its a very difficult lake to fish, but once you figure it out.. it can be quite rewarding... same goes for still creek. Ive gotten pikeminnow on the dry fly in still creek.. on a size 20 mosquito to be exact.
(EDIT) Small addition, and spelling edit.
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They should definitely stock it. For example, if they stock Deer Lake or Burnaby Lake with say 2,000 rainbows twice a year, why can't they simply take 400 of those fish and release them into Squint Lake. It's also really close to Burnaby or Deer Lake. Besides not a lot of people fish Burnaby or Deer Lake.
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And I agree completely...Catch and Release only. I have never kept a single fish that I've ever caught my whole life. I wish more people would catch and release fish. I personally find it a little cruel to kill a fish, but that's just me. I can't kill anything.
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They finished the dredging at Burnaby lake about a month ago. Now I thinks they are going to start some tests on the water.
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Where in the Brunette can you find Smallmouth Bass? They should just put in fencing at the inlet and outlet of Deer Lake so fish can't leave the lake, and fill it with Bass. Perfect lake for them. Same with Burnaby Lake, but I know how that lake has Salmon bearing streams.
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There is enough problems with bass a sit is with out adding more of those parasites.
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right...but not the pikeminnows that devour just as many fish.
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Squawfish AKA northern pike minnow ( what a politically correct giggle ) are a native species, bass are an INVASIVE ALIEN species. Do a tiny bit of research before you post stupid ideas on the internet. ;D
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Where in the Brunette can you find Smallmouth Bass? They should just put in fencing at the inlet and outlet of Deer Lake so fish can't leave the lake, and fill it with Bass. Perfect lake for them. Same with Burnaby Lake, but I know how that lake has Salmon bearing streams.
Who would "they" be referring to?
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Where in the Brunette can you find Smallmouth Bass? They should just put in fencing at the inlet and outlet of Deer Lake so fish can't leave the lake, and fill it with Bass. Perfect lake for them. Same with Burnaby Lake, but I know how that lake has Salmon bearing streams.
I dont think there are many left, havent hooked a single one this year over there... just native fish ;D, ive spent about 15 days there in the last 6 months, 2003-2004 there were lots.
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Urbanflyfisher: Thanks for the response! Much appreciated. So, what are the native species that reside in the river? I used to fish there a few times when I was a kid.
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Mostly cutthroat,pikeminnow, salmon and steelhead smolts, sculpin, sucker(rare), and a few other small fish species, as mentioned there used to be bass, and recently crappie in the lower reaches >:(
Its a fragile stream so treat it with respect and practice C&R.
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Any tips on where to find the crappies?
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Ive never caught one in there, but another guy thats been flyfishing there for 2 decades said they've been appearing in the lower reaches of the river in the last few years, the lower river is a bit difficult to access unless you wade.
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Thanx for the info.
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Cutthroat22: Lots of crappies at Whonock Lake in Maple Ridge. A million bluegills and sunfish in Mill Lake as well (bsically the same as a crappie).
Urbanflyfisher: where abouts the Brunette river is good for fishing?
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I normally fish the upper portion, from hume park to cariboo road(the fishing boundary) a few decent pools in the area, when the salmon are running, large sea run cuttys can be found in some of them feeding on eggs, the river is not what i would consider good fishing, but fun with a light 3-4 weight fly rod.
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cool thanks...but how do you access the upper river between hume park and cariboo road? I have fished under north road (bridge).
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Where Cariboo road crosses the Brunette , there is an RV park. A gravel road/trail runs along the river where you can walk all the way to North road.
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thanks DanL. There's parking around that RV Park, then?
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shortfloater: haha that's what you think, my friend. ;) besides i hate fishing where there are tons of others doing the same.
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cool thanks...but how do you access the upper river between hume park and cariboo road? I have fished under north road (bridge).
Where Cariboo road crosses the Brunette , there is an RV park. A gravel road/trail runs along the river where you can walk all the way to North road.
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Or do it backwards and start at Hume park.
Only difference is you'd be walking up stream instead of down.
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So, the other day (Sunday evening), I parked by the RV campground in Burnaby, and walked all the way to North Road. I wanted to check out the Brunette River. Wow, I had no idea such a nice trail was there, and I grew up not even 5 minutes from there. The river looks quite promising (nice pools, and fairly deep water). Mind you, it had just rained a few days ago.
Question: Are there residing fish in those parts at the moment? Would I be wasting my time trying to catch wild trout? I only catch and release. I was interested in trying close to the Highway 1 overpass.
Thanks in advance!
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Give it a go, you most likely wont catch anything big... but should be fun nonetheless, some fairly decent size pike minnows hanging out in the deeper pools near the fish weirs, another month or two and it should be much better.
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So, the other day (Sunday evening), I parked by the RV campground in Burnaby, and walked all the way to North Road. I wanted to check out the Brunette River. Wow, I had no idea such a nice trail was there, and I grew up not even 5 minutes from there. The river looks quite promising (nice pools, and fairly deep water). Mind you, it had just rained a few days ago.
Question: Are there residing fish in those parts at the moment? Would I be wasting my time trying to catch wild trout? I only catch and release. I was interested in trying close to the Highway 1 overpass.
Thanks in advance!
WoW!!! You grew up 5 minutes from the Brunette River and didn`t know those trails existed ??? :o I grew up 5 minutes from the Brunette River and half the kids in the surrounding neighborhoods were somehwere to be found at any give time in daylight hours exploring and playing in lower Hume/Brunette River area or playing in upper Hume. I guess times change ;)
Cheers
Nuggy
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Question: Are there residing fish in those parts at the moment? Would I be wasting my time trying to catch wild trout? I only catch and release. I was interested in trying close to the Highway 1 overpass.
When I was a teenager learning to flyfish, I used to catch small rainbows or cutties on the Brunette. They were small fish, maybe 6 inches or so, but very aggressive and fun to watch attack tiny dry flies floated on a dead drift. I remember tying up the silliest looking flies at home then going to test them out on the Brunette.
This was a long time ago so no idea what its like there now.
Good Luck
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When I was a teenager learning to flyfish, I used to catch small rainbows or cutties on the Brunette. They were small fish, maybe 6 inches or so, but very aggressive and fun to watch attack tiny dry flies floated on a dead drift. I remember tying up the silliest looking flies at home then going to test them out on the Brunette.
This was a long time ago so no idea what its like there now.
Good Luck
Likewise Dan, I was fishing there 20-30 years ago and remember the first run of coho in there in decades. It was a lot of fun as teenager. Later that year an illegal dump of chemicals wiped out those fish, sad. Such a fragile system, one of the most endangered urban rivers in the GVRD.
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I should clarify. I used to go to the brunette river as a kid, but only at Hume Park. And I lived about a 5 minute drive from it. I just didn't know about that trail and how nice the river is between cariboo road, and Hume Park. It's actually hard to notice.
So, should I just throw flies at the water and see what happens? Anybody tried drifting a worm & bobber?
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I would stay away from bait if possible, most of the fish are in the 6-9 inch range and a good chance of gut hooking, the river is struggling as is, best not to, much more fun with flies in my honest opinion, if fly fishing keep your drys small, i like a light cahill dun in size 16-18, or a small size 14-16 wooly bugger green or purple, and small simple minnow patterns will attract the pikeminnows,or use a san juan worm fly for them.. works just as well.
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If you are going to fly fish, I got two words for you: Tom Thumb
Keep it small, size 12, 14 or 16. Easy to tie and floats well. Even when it gets tattered beyond any resemblance to any living insect, it still seems to catch fish :P
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Cool thanks guys. I'll go and buy some tom thumbs from Riverside.