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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: apollo on August 31, 2009, 08:22:22 PM
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I was out at Mill Lake about two weeks ago fishing for trout and I ended up catching a few bass. The bass were really small but I kind of got the bug. My question is, where would be the best place for me to go (in the lower mainland) to catch some bigger bass ( and lots would be a bonus) and how would i go about doing that (what lures to use, etc)?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. P.S. I do have a pontoon boat (single person) and I plan on going this friday. Thanks
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Theres a few places to check out, Trinity Western ponds, out Langley way, Fishtrap Creek, Albert Dyck park, Sturgeon Slew to name a few.
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You can go to Albert Dyck park in Abbotsford and you will catch lots. I have caught them on a plastic worm and just drag it along the bottom or I have used my fly rod with a olive green micro leech. The fish are not that big but there is lots.
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You can go to Albert Dyck park in Abbotsford and you will catch lots. I have caught them on a plastic worm and just drag it along the bottom or I have used my fly rod with a olive green micro leech. The fish are not that big but there is lots.
what part of the lake should i go to?
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The end near the swimming area it is opposite to the dock.
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thanks tumbleweed
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I have caught some big ones at Mill Lake with a crank bait.
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you can catch some big bass out of mill lake when its getting dark
fish trap creek has some big bass if you fish the north end
hatzic lake has some huge and i mean huge bass in there hard to catch thou
alot of the sloughs and marshs in pitt meadows have bass
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for more info check out wcba.ca we ahve a forom for bass fishing on there also
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thanks for all the info guys , much appreciated!
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thanks for all the info guys , much appreciated!
Freeman Lake up by Lucille Lake in Garibaldi used to have big bass. I have not fished it for years as I prefer fishing Lucille for Brookies and Rainbows
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you can catch some big bass out of mill lake when its getting dark
fish trap creek has some big bass if you fish the north end
hatzic lake has some huge and i mean huge bass in there hard to catch thou
alot of the sloughs and marshs in pitt meadows have bass
Hey Noxcape, I have tried fish trap several times with no luck. I was fishing with black plastic worms. I was walking around yesterday and the water seems really low. When you say fish the North side do you mean by the dock behind the Judo club. Sorry for the questions I am just getting into bass fishing this year. I have caught alot at Albert Dyck but would like to catch something a little bigger. Thanks
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. I have caught alot at Albert Dyck but would like to catch something a little bigger. Thanks
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When you say small how small do you mean??
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What kind of set up do you need for bass? Same as trout?
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Apollo, I have caught bass 10 inches and under. I am sure there is bigger ones but I have not caught them yet.
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tumbleweed i mean at the even farther north side by the baseball diamonds
poncho you could use your trout rod jsut depends on how long and it rating i have ten different rod for bass fishing
appollo and tumbleweed the ten inch fish are the average size for albert dycke it sucks but its true there are some big ones in there but you can go for years and not catch a big one mill lake at dusk is your best bet
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Thanks Noxcape, I was at Mill lake last weekend with my kid and we were catching sunfish. I will try at dusk. I went to the ponds by the number 11 highway in abbotsford tonight but had no luck again.This has become my new addiction...LOL
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welcome to the green side buddy lol now your in trouble lol
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Thast good to know about the lakes noxcape been wanting to Bass fish, didn't know how many lakes were around.Now I can hit a few.Tumbleweed did you catch the crappies from the dock?
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Big Bass??........Area 51....nuff said
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Oh and Silvermere Lake...but thats another topic..... ;D
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So nox if you were me would you go to mill lake this friday or would you go to trinity western? I dont necessarily want to catch the "biggest" bass but decent size ones (i.e. 1 or 2 pounds). Numbers are more important than size. I await your response. p.s. and any other info you could give me would be much appreciated (eg. time of day, what lures, what part of the lake/pond to fish, etc). Thanks
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mill lake dusk with top water baits like frogs and buzz baits
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Thanks Nox for the reply. I never knew we had bass locally. I'm definitely going to give it a try.
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thanks Nox!
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Thast good to know about the lakes noxcape been wanting to Bass fish, didn't know how many lakes were around.Now I can hit a few.Tumbleweed did you catch the crappies from the dock?
I was catching sunfish at the dock.
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Apollo, just wondering how you did bass fishing?
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Are bass good to eat?
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not really there kind of muddy tasting
dont forget guys there is a limit of how many bass you can keep
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dont forget guys there is a limit of how many bass you can keep
Like hell. I kill them all. Most of them here are introduced via the bucket brigade. If the government won;'t do there job to remove this vermin i will and trust me, I am not alone either.
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Like hell. I kill them all. Most of them here are introduced via the bucket brigade. If the government won;'t do there job to remove this vermin i will and trust me, I am not alone either.
LOL
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wow have fun with that i hope you get caught by fisheries because they make the rules not you this was a nice converstion about bass until you showed up
and just to let you know that most of the bass in this province were put here by fisheries up until the late 90s so dont go blaming people that you dont even know
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wow have fun with that i hope you get caught by fisheries because they make the rules not you this was a nice converstion about bass until you showed up
and just to let you know that most of the bass in this province were put here by fisheries up until the late 90s so dont go blaming people that you dont even know
Your right the government did plant bass in some locations. However, none in the lowermainland. All the lowermainland bass were illegally placed here. Where did they stock in the late 90's? I have looked at the government stocking records all the way back to the 30's and never saw any bass introduced in the 90's. Can you please share the link where we could see these records please.
Although I disagree with the limit of 4 fish per day ( in all bodies of water in which they were illegally introduced ) it is the law. I have written letters as well as others I know to try and get the limit changed in Region 2 to 25 per day. They should be treated just like crappie and other spiny ray fish.
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find the stocking reports for skaha
but i am not trying to start a fight
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Not even sure if I have enough garden for that much fertilizer :)
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find the stocking reports for skaha
but i am not trying to start a fight
Skaha is in Penticton, not LML!! hahah
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wow some of you are retarded you bitch about all the salmon getting dumped and wasted yet you guys will do the same to the bass
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all i know is that when my daughters are old enough to fish they will learn to bass fish because that will be all thats left open to fishing by then
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wow some of you are retarded you bitch about all the salmon getting dumped and wasted yet you guys will do the same to the bass
This just in.....BASS ARE AN INVASIVE SPECIES IN OUR WATERS.
Salmon BELONG here. For all we know BASS are eating Salmon fry, smart guy.
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find the stocking reports for skaha
but i am not trying to start a fight
I am not fighting with you. I think your a good guy just dont think you have all your facts. I have no problem with people fishing for any species. I just think that any illegally introduced species should have an open season on them.
We are not talking Skaha. Many of the island lakes had bass planted by the government as well. The problems are on the mainland where these fish are in systems in which resident salmon and trout live. The entire Pitt system which is one of the last remaining rivers that has all 5 species of wild salmon has these bass. Any threat to these wild salmon is a problem.
I dont think their is a problem with creating a bass fishery but create them in closed systems. Put them in lakes where they have no way out into our rivers. I enjoy fishing for bass as well, especially smallmouth who are absolutely fantastic fighters. I have caught a 7lb smallmouth on my 5wt fly rod that took me into my backing twice. It was one of my most enjoyable fish caught to this day.
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ok prove is buddy i have never once seen a bass with a salmon smolt or a trout for that matter in it mouth
its funny how in ontario they live in the same bodies of water and there is no one bitching about it
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Bass are vaccuum cleaners....just because you have never seen one with a salmon fry, fingerling, egg, smolt, whatever...in it's mouth does not mean they don't eat them. You think they live on a diet of frogs and baby ducks alone? Lets be realistic here and not pretend for the sake of argument that bass are picky eaters.
There are lakes on the island with cuttys and bass sharing the same water. They have been like that FOR A LONG TIME.....so nobody "bitches" about it. In fact, nobody here is bitching about it either.....myself and many others just think that imposing a limit on an invasive species is ridiculous and only done to appease a vocal minority.
Don't mean to offend, I certainly enjoy bass fishing as much as the next guy and probably have quite a bit more experience doing so than you'd imagine from my posts regarding this. Anyhow, its going to go in circles, I can tell already. I'm done!
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here you go
(http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/art2003/042303frdclbass.jpg)
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I have seen alot of bass at Mill Lake with trout and sun fish in there mouths. :-\
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Are bass good to eat?
Bass are absolutely delicious, my parents retired to Salt Spring Island and there residence is lake front on St Mary's lake, and there are big bass in there. The first time I caught a decent size bass and took it home for breakfast for me and pop, upon our first bite we just looked at each other in amazement. We were very impressed.
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Apollo, just wondering how you did bass fishing?
Went to fishtrap and caught a couple. It was OK they were bigger than the ones I caught at Mill lake.
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fish trap is a good little area to fish there some big fish in there if you have a boat you might want to try some of the sloughs by the pitt
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Apollo,
Can I ask you where and what you used in fishtrap? I tried for an hour yesterday on my way home for work and all I caught was weeds. I was behind the baseball diamonds by a little bridge.
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tumble your in the right area but jsut go father down to the north then you will see a channel fish in there
illl have to try to meet up with you at fish trap one dy to show you
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Bass are absolutely delicious, my parents retired to Salt Spring Island and there residence is lake front on St Mary's lake, and there are big bass in there. The first time I caught a decent size bass and took it home for breakfast for me and pop, upon our first bite we just looked at each other in amazement. We were very impressed.
I was always curious how they taste. Now I am more stoked than ever to give bass fishing a try. After the Pink run that is.
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I would not eat anything that came out of fishtrap creek.
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there is a bug differnce in fish meat quality between salt spring island smallmouth bass and lower mainland large mouth i woudlnt eat any bass caught in the lml
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Bass fished in Ontario up at Georgion Bay for small mouth.They were great eating over the campfire.Would never fish for them here,with our native Salmon and Trout species to catch.
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Thanks for the warning. Is there anywhere around (within 3 - 4 hour drive) where you would recommend going and the fish are edible. Looking to take my son camping and thought it might be a good time to try bass fishing.
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skaha in penticton or ossoyoos
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St.Mary's on Salt Spring Island
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Thanks for the warning. Is there anywhere around (within 3 - 4 hour drive) where you would recommend going and the fish are edible. Looking to take my son camping and thought it might be a good time to try bass fishing.
There used to be nice bass in Freeman Lake in Garibaldi just up the road from Lucille Lake, but I have not been in there any farther than Lucille Lake for years. However, bass being as hardy as they are gives me no reason to anticipate conditions are any different.
tight lines
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There used to be nice bass in Freeman Lake in Garibaldi just up the road from Lucille Lake, but I have not been in there any farther than Lucille Lake for years. However, bass being as hardy as they are gives me no reason to anticipate conditions are any different.
tight lines
Good to know. I'll look it up.
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I've eaten smallmouth from a lake on the island where they feed almost exclusively on crayfish and small cutthroat, they were actually pretty good. I've tried largemouth before and was not impressed with the texture or flavor. I ended up feeding the rest to my aquarium fish and they quite enjoyed it. I guess as with any fish its about how they are prepared....raw was probably not the best idea ;) ;D
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Spider Lake on Vancouver Island. Great bass fishing.
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Ontario, where they are a native species.
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funny ontario is not a 3-4 hours drive lol
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I saw an equally awesome bass related tshirt the other day. This squid viciuos Tshirt was on sale at topman, but annoyingly I couldnt find one that fitted well.
Attached thumbnails
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6lb 4ozs...right here in BC (within 5hrs from LML) no need to drive to ontario for trophy bass fishin!!!
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Now thats a hawg...
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5lbs
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Close to 7lbs and dead
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Both on the fly and both within 4 hours
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dude there is no way thats close seven look at its got no gut on it unless it like three feet long i dont buy it not trying to be a **** disturber but no way
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dude there is no way thats close seven look at its got no gut on it unless it like three feet long i dont buy it not trying to be a **** disturber but no way
Its 5 feet long!!!
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bleeding gills. must have swallowed your fly... ::)
a close to seven pound fish should have dwarfed your hand much more then the picture shows.
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Main thing is BB2000 that its dead. ;D
saw your avatar... no snagging it says... fish ethically it says... ::) ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
:)
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hey esf i wonder how big they think yours weighs if thats a seven lol
second of all the small in bbs pics was caught from a lake on the island right bryan which means it was not in illegally stocked fish so this who good that its dead things is a little over blown
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nox,
just thought of somethin too.
you couldn't hold a five pound bass like that let alone a seven ;D
can you imagine a five pound smallie on a 6lb tippet? oh that's be fun!!!
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what wieght fly rod lol 3 weight lol
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Actually truth be told it did swallow the fly. I was fishing two rods at this time. I had one with an indicator and a large leech about 6 feet down, I was casting another line and left the one rod with the indicator in the rod holder. All of I hear the line ripping off the reel. I quickly put down the rod I was holding down and grab the rod with the fish on it. I played it for a while and man I love the fight of those smallies. It jumped several times and gave me a great fight. I got it to the boat and it was bleeding bad. I actually tried to revive it but it just didnt come around.
Here is a better picture of it showing its size
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/bbronswyk2000/Island%20Life/Fishing/IMGP1235.jpg)
Trust me anything around 7lbs is not going to dwarf my hand. If you met me you would know that ;)
BTW noxscape is right it was an island lake and not a transplanted fish. These fish were put in this lake by the ministry as early as the 30's
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alright... still don't look anywhere near 7 though :)
here is a 3lb 11oz fish.
(http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v341/227/78/533975952/n533975952_1888559_1188.jpg)
tight lines!
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Maybe the angle of the fish when the photo was taken has dwarfed your bass but from the looks of it I would say more like a 3 maybe 4 lb tops. I saw a 7 lber this fall caught during a tournament and I could not believe the size of this fish. It was as fat as a football and about 2 feet long.
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Is the bass fishing still good in the winter months around the lower mainland?
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I have never had the opportunity to fish for Bass, not in the LML, or anywhere else.
Places like this forum are great for me. I had been away from fishing, of any sort, until 2 years ago (approx.)
Regardless of the 'feelings' about bass in general, I think that I wouldn't mind getting out to try for a few. Too bad that the bass from the LML don't seem that good for eating.
Thanks for the info. and thanks for sharing so freely!
Min
PS: BB, I've met you a couple of times and yes, you have big hands. Mind you I had to look up and I'm around 6'. Also, please don't take offence at this, but, that picture you took of yourself and that bass; it's not your best side. ;D
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if your going to try to fish for bass in the winter months fish the deepest part you can and fish very very slow bass get really lathargic in the winter months
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Try dropshotting a wacky rigged worm.
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Awsome smallie! Has anyone fished any of the lower mainland bass waters lately?I tried Albert dyck for a couple hours on saturday with no luck.
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im heading out on wednesday to try the pitt area its suppose to be 20 degrees hopefully the weather man is not lieing on this one
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6lb
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7lb
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The difference between my fish and your fish is that I am not posing like a typical bass fisherman. You know with your arm fully extended to make it look bigger LOL
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Bryan you should have got in on the Digital Scale group buy on FlyBC this summer. Then you'd see your fish is closer to 2.5lbs than it is to 7lbs.
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Bryan you should have got in on the Digital Scale group buy on FlyBC this summer. Then you'd see your fish is closer to 2.5lbs than it is to 7lbs.
I do have one, you even took the order LOL
Here are some more bass pics
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6lb
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7lb
:o NICE HAWGS!!!
that 7 lber is an absolute TOAD!!! (however you pose with it) ;)
BB some nice bass there man!
my guesses are:
first pic 2 1/2 ~ 3
second pic 1 1/2
third one 2
all nice fish.
all in pounds.
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LOL ESF if that middle pic is 1.5lbs your 3lb fish is no more than .25lbs :P
Damiens fish are pigs. Now lets see some fly caught pigs ;)
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How do you get to area 51, fish trap creek and Albert Dyck.... I hear area 51 is really good bass fishing i just have no clue how to get there
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area 51 is the katzie marsh area by the grant narrows boat launch at the end of neaves rd the fishing has slowed down pretty much there right now its realy realy cold i know this because i was out there last wednesday lol did catch one small fish
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with the weather warming up and the great bass fishery here in the lower mainland i found this topic and thought there could be so much more talk on this topic...
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I was fishing in a local back water recently, a place i often catch bass, and trout this time of year. I was a little dissapointed to catch nothing but northern pikeminnow. Large ones as well in fact most were in the 1 to 2 pound range. I feel if there is any species of fish i would like to see eradicated it is the NPN i have opened these guys up before and they feed excluslivley on salmon fry it seems, Bass on the other hand i believe are not such a threat. I dont know how others on this thread feel but I think it is a good idea to not relese these fish if caught there numbers are increasing faster than the food supply they prey on. just my opinion. It seems Rodney thinks these fish are worth the sport, so he may not agree, they fight poorly and are too prolific. Any Thoughts
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I was fishing in a local back water recently, a place i often catch bass, and trout this time of year. I was a little dissapointed to catch nothing but northern pikeminnow. Large ones as well in fact most were in the 1 to 2 pound range. I feel if there is any species of fish i would like to see eradicated it is the NPN i have opened these guys up before and they feed excluslivley on salmon fry it seems, Bass on the other hand i believe are not such a threat. I dont know how others on this thread feel but I think it is a good idea to not relese these fish if caught there numbers are increasing faster than the food supply they prey on. just my opinion. It seems Rodney thinks these fish are worth the sport, so he may not agree, they fight poorly and are too prolific. Any Thoughts
every year there's the cultus lake pike minnow derby, basically a cull, all the fish are caught and killed. Fun day out for kids to catch little fishes and a day of slaughter to try and reduce some of the numbers in the lake threatening the local sockeye
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I will probably be out in Pitt Meadows looking for bass on Saturday. Probably in my pontoon
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Brian,
Is it better to launch at the first launch or the one up by the main parking lot?
I thought about taking my pontoon there but I'm a little green on where to go. Also, is there a good place to hop the dyke into the main pond?
TIA
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this sunday there wil be a bunch of guys going out to pitt meadows if your interested meeting time is at 8:30 for further info contact noxcape. 8)
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this sunday there wil be a bunch of guys going out to pitt meadows if your interested meeting time is at 8:30 for further info contact noxcape. 8)
me and a buddy might be interested no pm on here any email address to get more info?
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look on my profile my email address is on there