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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: The Fish Hunter on April 08, 2009, 11:34:23 PM

Title: Mike Lake
Post by: The Fish Hunter on April 08, 2009, 11:34:23 PM

So I went to Mike Lake today. The lake was beautiful and the fish were jumping like crazy yet I GOT SKUNKED!!! There were 6 other guys on the lake who also got skunked! It made for a nice "practice round" until I saw two idiots take their canoe to the other side of the lake and start a fire for no apparent reason because it was not that cold. Its people like that who wreck nice ares for others.

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: troutslayer78 on April 08, 2009, 11:42:40 PM

Skunked hey, looks like I will be heading there on saturday....Hopefuly i might be lucky
TS

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: Nymph on April 09, 2009, 12:12:38 AM

Troutslayer... myself and Fish Hunter routinely get skunked in that lake.

It is nothing new for us. I think we are cursed.

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: The Fish Hunter on April 09, 2009, 12:14:41 AM

lol so true nymph..... so true..... damn lake! lol

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: Geff_t on April 09, 2009, 07:43:56 AM

Does Mike lake not still have ice on it. When I checked it last week it was still 3/4 frozen.

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: Johnny_5 on April 09, 2009, 08:31:35 AM

It hasn't been stocked yet, so it'll probably be a bit slow

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: troutslayer78 on April 09, 2009, 09:23:08 AM

Anyone know when its due to be stocked?
chers
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Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: Nymph on April 09, 2009, 09:58:45 AM

Fly Guy,

There was no ice on the lake. Still snow around the edges though.  :D

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: Geff_t on April 09, 2009, 06:15:48 PM

Quote from: Nymph on April 09, 2009, 09:58:45 AM

Fly Guy,

There was no ice on the lake. Still snow around the edges though.  :D

  WOW that melted fast. I guess that means I can hit that lake instead of the others.  ;D It will be a nice 10min drive  ;D

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: Roughingminor on April 09, 2009, 07:04:59 PM

Last year about this time I saw the same kind of action on Mike Lake that you are describing.  There were swirly subsurface rises all over the place but the fish didn't want anything I was offering (or that of anyone else on the lake, for that matter).  After lots of trial and error, I eventually tied on a #14 black with silver rib chronie emerger pattern with a small tuft of deer hair on the back and trolled it very slowly on a floating line.  Once I made that switch it was non-stop fish for me while the other guys out there continued to get nothing. 

I found a picture of something close to what I was using:

(http://www.danica.com/FLYTIER/watlas/_thumb/tn_chironomid_emerger.jpg)

Hope this helps next time.  Good luck!

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: bbronswyk2000 on April 09, 2009, 07:08:23 PM

When you see them swirling just subsurface put a chronie on about 1 foot below the surface.

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: troutslayer78 on April 10, 2009, 09:59:05 PM

passed by today on the way home from the stave, talked to a few guys and they said they had no luck, hopefuly tomorrow the lake will be kinder to me
cheers
TS

Title: Re: Mike Lake
Post by: fishyfish711 on April 10, 2009, 10:31:00 PM

If you get desperate, and the purists will frown, put a little piece of dew worm on your hook at the end of your floating and sinking fly line and you should do well.