Does Hatzic look like a forest like Deer lake during the summertime, or are there some parts of the lake where its not as weedy?

Thanks Ralph. Carp fishing looks like a whole new (bait) ball game, but it's good to try new things. Always wanted to catch one. Cheers.

With any luck the Active Angler number will fall enough for me to consider purchasing a tag again.

Very sorry to hear that Dave as I've known Ken for a very many years. Have lots of great memories fishing with him, especially on the Vedder, Fraser and upper Pitt. Am going to miss him and all of his jokes and humor. RIP
 

Thanks for posting that link Chief! What a great article. I have been reading articles and papers by Dick Beamish for close to 20 years and have great respect for his work. Among other virtues his work has such a refreshing intellectual honesty.

Near as I can find, active steelhead hatchery production is now down to 6 facilities with 5 operating in the Fraser Valley and the majority of it coming from federal facilities. Hatchery marked steelhead from facilities that have closed may still have been be returning in 21/22 but will be very rare by now.

Thought I'd mention that the actual data reported by anglers is reduced by some factor (about a third if I recall correctly) to account for "over reporting". Supposedly it is a standard practice throughout North America

Heading out on Saturday for a day trip near merrit. Any lake suggestions? Wanting to try a new lake
(not Marquart, Harmon, Paska or Lac le juene). Fly or gear available, looking for action (aren't we all  ) but prefer 16+ inch fish. Any suggestions? 2WD only. Feel free to message me privately if you want. Thanks

I'd give Lundbom a shot .

Sorry for the loss of your friend and colleague, Dave

I’d be curious to overlay the Province’s steelhead stocking numbers against a couple of those columns,   particularly “Steelhead Kept”

Check out www.islandfishermanmagazine.com article Re-Think What We Know about Salmon published April 15 2024 which also has a reference to steelhead

Sorry for your loss.