Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: beak killer on February 23, 2009, 02:08:18 PM
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has anybody ever fished Morris Lake just curious ... any recommendations
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any tips on how to fly fish it dry line/wet line/type of fly's....
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In the Spring there can be really good Cuttie fishing when the fry from the Weaver Spawning Channel are outmigrating. Summer the lake tends to get rather warm and fishing is slow for salmonids but if you like fishing for Pikeminnow....The fall comes and so do the Adult Chum, Sockeye, Coho, Pinks, and Cutties following them.
Problem here is now access, one used to be able to drive in but because of the usual idiotic things some people do - access is limited.
A belly boat or canoe is recommended. However now your vehicle is not in view and yep you guessed it breakins are a problem.
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thanks guys well im gonna go give it a shot its a little early but im sure if i throw on a blade or spoon something will grab it
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Just remember that only hatchery fish may be retained on the lake...
Cheers,
Nicole
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i love morris, although i get skunked more often then not. it is funny, people forget to read up on the regs. a couple caught a nice two pound cutty and kept it even after it was brought to their attention that the fish was clearly wild. ignorant people. one of the guys at the local shop say that the "locals" dont throw anything back and the cutts are taking a sh#t kicking.
last spring i was there and the lake was boiling with fry, it was crazy. got a nice cutty that day. good times.
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I have had some incredible Cutthroat fishing there. All of my biggest Cutthroat have been out of there but its nothing like it used to be. Numerous 20 inchers were normal but the past few years that I fished it, it was poor.
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clear intermediate sinker or a clear ghost tip are my favs. Might be a few fry around but the fry will be better in late March and April. Flashy Olive wooly buggers work well and in my opinion pick up bigger fish than fry patterns. It is also a good pattern for when fish are stuffed on fry and a change in fly is needed. I usually fish them deep with a slow retrieve. Fry patterns near the surface will work well if the fish are slashing at fry. Cast to risers.
Good Luck
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Yep
I also use a fly called a "Borden Special" was shown it when I used to live over on the Sunshine coast. Rolled Muddlers and fry pattens.
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Pulled a 4lb dollie out of there a few years but since then the fishing has declined:(Unless of course you want to fish for monster carp.You can park on the side of the road just past the old road that used to go down,Follow the trail and it over lloks the water you can see the carp cruising the shallows.
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Well 19 people there today.
Apparentally, according to locals the most they have ever seen there.
Some guys in belly boats were doing well.
I snapped one off on the Olive Flash Woolly bugger (personal fav for cutties).
Left after an hour, WAY to busy......
Where do you see these carp? We want to try and get them this year on the fly, heard its the "Canadian Bonefish"
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19 PEOPLE !!!!!! holy crap :o thats to bad that so many know about it now :'( :'(
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You will not see any carp until the water warms up. Carp are deep through the winter.
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Last time I was down there a group of local teenagers (mostly girls) in an old crappy car came down and were launching bottle rockets at me while I was wading. They did this about 3x in a row, they'd drive down, I'd hear the exhaust burbling and banging off the bumps accompanied by a bunch of shouting, then the car would come around the corner and they'd do mini drive-bys. Boy, was that fun. Made for an interesting experience to say the least. Skunked, to boot!
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that's why you carry a slingshot.
Also good for fending of seals, loons, etc.
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It is against the law to harass wildlife! ;)
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that's why you carry a slingshot.
You not I. :D
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I wonder why 19 people know about this lake LOL its not a secret anymore guys.... ::) it sounds like those guys found the school of cutties I've been chasing on the harrison I wondered where they went :P
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I've flyfished there for 25 years or so. One thing i have noticed about that place is the decline in cutthroat and salmon and the increase of ignorant fisherman. Fisherman who don't follow regulations as they should. 5 years ago I witnessed pontooners carry coho salmon out of there and telling me they don't even know the name of where they are fishing . How does that work? I have'nt caught a hatchery coho there in 15 years so obviously these fish were most likely wild. In the freshwater salmon regulations supplement it states in the beginning "unless stated in these regulations the retention of salmon is zero' This includes hatchery salmon and only 2 hatchery trout are allowed ..This goes for all of the areas of the lower mainland unless they are in these seperate regs. Places like nicomen, stave, harrison, norrish etc are listed. I'm just venting of course but you would to if you watched a great fishery turn into an old macdonald whitefish farm.
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I think to some degree we can thank BCOutdoors magazine for publishing a cutty fry fishing article that featured none other than morris lake (complete with pictures). I've spoken to a few guys that have fished it a long time and they couldn't believe it was pimped out like that, being such a small lake. Paranoia? Maybe but I doubt it. More like simple cause and effect. Its too bad but its why I think reports should be reserved for common fisheries....and the "unnamed" ones are fantastic too, they make me want to get out and explore.
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I WISH more people would post report WITHOUT names or areas.
Whenever I post a report on the Vedder I make sure there is no indication where I was fishing, keeps lurkers guessing.
It's too bad about this lake.
It was my first time there and a beautiful little lake.
We had been meaning to go for a good year and went to find that gong show.
I don't think its a coincidence, there were questions on it on this site and a few others.
I think these sites are a GREAT thing, but you have to admit they are drawing unethical people to places that can't handle it.
Don't believe me?
Next time you get a Steelhead drive it to another river (with a good landmark) take a pic and go back the next day.
All the fish we saw were a good 2 pound mostly.....
Not sure if that is normal? Only the locals were catching them I broke one off like I said.
The people using worms from shore got squat, prett sad when I can fly cast farther than they can spincast ::)
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The hypocrisy continues.