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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: funfisher on April 27, 2010, 07:32:28 PM

Title: interior lakes
Post by: funfisher on April 27, 2010, 07:32:28 PM

I was just wondering if anyone has any information on some of the lakes near Merrit. I will be going there in 2 weeks and want to find a decent lake with complete ice off. Chronimid will be the method of fishing. Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks  :)

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: bbronswyk2000 on April 27, 2010, 07:35:35 PM

Quote from: funfisher on April 27, 2010, 07:32:28 PM

I was just wondering if anyone has any information on some of the lakes near Merrit. I will be going there in 2 weeks and want to find a decent lake with complete ice off. Chronimid will be the method of fishing. Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks  :)

Which one of the 200 lakes were you interested in knowing about. It seems most in the 3600 feet and below are fine. Anything above that is iffy.

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: HOOK on April 27, 2010, 08:19:08 PM

ya but in 2 weeks lakes 4200 and below should be off for sure. above that will be iffy  ;) LOL that lakes at 3600 are already off right now with a few exceptions of course.


If you want some decent sized fish and steady action i would look into Tunkwa/Leighton. they are both great chironomid lakes and the fish give you a great fight  ;D

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: bcguy on April 27, 2010, 09:01:18 PM

Roche Lakes are worth the trip, lots of lakes in close proximity

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: HOOK on April 27, 2010, 09:08:44 PM

the lakes around Thalia lake are all within 5-10 mins of each other also. I think the same goes for the Osprey lake area.

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: Spooner on April 28, 2010, 06:16:06 PM

Headn' back up to Osprey next week .
 Lots of fish surface feeding two weeks ago but only had spinning gear and the wind was too strong to hang a croni....

Looking forward to it..

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: funfisher on April 29, 2010, 06:42:58 AM

Thanks for the information guys. I was thinking Kentucky lake or Alleyene. Any thoughts on those two lakes?

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: swampdonkey on April 29, 2010, 10:25:30 AM

peterhope is ice free as is roche

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: naka21 on April 29, 2010, 02:57:49 PM

my dad was up at osprey earlier this week fishing chironomids in about twenty feet of water and did really well

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: funfisher on April 29, 2010, 07:45:21 PM

I appreciate the info everyone. This will be my first Chroni experience so I hope it goes well.

Tight lines

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: HOOK on April 29, 2010, 08:00:49 PM

Kentucky and Alleyne are tough fishing alot of the time. Some people do really good other get to goose egg. If its your first time fishing chironies i would suggest a more prolific chironie lake like Tunkwa or Roche (or something similar)

my dad used to do really well in Kentucky but this was years ago and always with a sinking line and stripped fly. We hit it last June and only got fish in the shallows on stripped flies, tried chironies and nothing.

What you want to look for is the shallower lakes for chironie fishing primarily because these lake will have the better hatches due to the fact the sunlight can penetrate entirely through the water column to the lake bottom. Of course clear water lakes the sun can penetrate but i dont think any deeper then around the 40 foot mark (if i remember correctly)

Title: Re: interior lakes
Post by: funfisher on April 30, 2010, 06:32:15 PM

Wow, that's awesome. Thanks for the insight. I will definitely use that to my advantage.