Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Dryden1 on July 18, 2010, 02:53:04 PM
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Hey Everybody. Just looking for a little help..... Starting Sept. 1st I'll be working out of the Williams Lake area for the next year. I've never really fished much up there and looking for some good suggestions to take advantage of some fishing in the late summer and early Fall. I know the area is inundated with good fishing up there, but I don't know where to start. I'll have my boat with me, so any info on a few good places with boat/trailer access would be great. Thanks for your time.
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September is perhaps the best month for Eastern Brook trout and there is a quality lake I have been dying to try in your backyard. Dugan Lake is only 24 km from Williams Lake. Have had many relatives tell me good things about that one. Good luck!
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There are so, so many lakes in the area. If you are going to be up there for a while, I would suggest buying a cariboo backroads fishing book and start exploring.
I fished Dugan lake on the may long weekend for brookies and it was a blast. There was a terrific may fly hatch and 90% of the fish I caught were taken on the surface with a dry fly. Most of the fish were on the small side but a few decent ones mixed in as well as I got a couple decent sized bows too.
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There are so, so many lakes in the area. If you are going to be up there for a while, I would suggest buying a cariboo backroads fishing book and start exploring.
A trip up to Dragon Lake in Quesnel (about 2 hours from Williams Lake if I recall) would be worthwhile. Ther are some very nice sized fish in Dragon and fall should be a good time.
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Thanks for the great suggestions. I'm definately looking forward to spending some time on the water up in that area this fall. Although I will still be making trips back to fish the ever increasing crowded banks of the Vedder for those early morning Coho.
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i wouldnt even bother with the Vedder if i could have lakes to myself in the fall.
You really should look into the areas closer to where you are. the is even some fantastic salmon fishing in that area and wont be as crowded as it gets down here ;) Take a drive to Terrace and fish the Skeena or up towards Smithers area to fish the Bulkley and other rivers. Those all sounds good to me for fishing from July into the dead of winter ;D ;D ;D