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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: cohoaaron on December 02, 2011, 09:52:25 PM

Title: mountain whitefish in winter?
Post by: cohoaaron on December 02, 2011, 09:52:25 PM

hey everybody i just want to know if anybody fishes for/catches a lot of whitefish during the winter on the alouette. anyways any tips would be appreciated
thanks

Title: Re: mountain whitefish in winter?
Post by: RG on December 03, 2011, 11:24:52 AM

Never tried, but the stave...

Title: Re: mountain whitefish in winter?
Post by: RG on December 04, 2011, 10:36:16 AM

Speaking for myself I would target them on the fly when I was starting out, pretty easy fishing with the odd cutthroat mixed in.

Title: Re: mountain whitefish in winter?
Post by: oddjob on December 04, 2011, 11:34:57 AM

What setup would you use ? and what would you use for bait ?

Title: Re: mountain whitefish in winter?
Post by: cohoaaron on December 04, 2011, 01:28:27 PM

im targeting them just for a fun little scrap on the 5wt im wanting to try little single egg patterns

Title: Re: mountain whitefish in winter?
Post by: Preliator on December 04, 2011, 08:51:08 PM

I was targeting bulls on the upper Chilliwack today. Managed to land a few rainbows, a nice chunky whitefish, and even a Steelie that snapped his way off. All on different colours and sizes of egg patterns.

Title: Re: mountain whitefish in winter?
Post by: skaha on December 04, 2011, 10:58:05 PM

Quote from: cohoaaron on December 04, 2011, 01:28:27 PM

im targeting them just for a fun little scrap on the 5wt im wanting to try little single egg patterns

--caught lots in the thompson on single egg pattern but they will take most fly's even dry
--similkameen allows bait in winter I think most use maggots so smaller fly on sink tip would work as well.
--most caught on a dead drift

Title: Re: mountain whitefish in winter?
Post by: cohoaaron on December 05, 2011, 01:25:32 PM

cool thanks guys