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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: BCfisherman97 on June 02, 2014, 11:43:28 PM
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Had a Biology project to do which involved taking pictures of certain types of plants so I decided to go down to Deer for 2 hours to do that. It was more like 10 minutes of work and the rest fishing. Warmer weather means lots of grass and plenty of bass. The bass have grown a lot and an average fish fights way better than those pellet fed trout. Fished top water and sub surface, throwing a Texas rigged 5 inch pink steelhead worm and jerking it back, amazing the action it has. Watching them explode on it never gets old. Gonna try punching through the grass for some bigger ones later on. Lots of carp jumping and bluegill in the shallows.
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Reminds me of fishing in Ontario :)
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Reminds me of fishing in Ontario
This ^
Sounds like a great time. Envious. :)
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Sad the government has refused to do anything about the illegal stockings. They should shut the lakes down like they do with some interior ones when invasive fish are found.
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Sad the government has refused to do anything about the illegal stockings. They should shut the lakes down like they do with some interior ones when invasive fish are found.
Curious what interior lakes have been shut down due to invasive species?
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Gardom Lake has been killed off around 3 times in the last 15 years from this.
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Also went fishing deer lake today, caught a few small small bass off the dock with my super special shiny metal (SSSM) and no weight. Moved spots, added weight for distance and caught a size able trout near the bottom with my SSSM after a few hours of playing.
Truth that even the tiny bass I caught faught like no other, I would like to see a 1lb+ bass fight.
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Gardom Lake has been killed off around 3 times in the last 15 years from this.
That makes more sense. I couldn't understand a lake being "shut down"
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Do we have a positive ID on the bluegill? Anyone caught one yet?
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Thanks for the picture. That is a Pumpkinseed Sunfish I believe.
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That is a Pumpkinseed Sunfish I believe.
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If you guys want BIG bass go to Trinity western university pond(mcmillan lake)
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Pfftttt I'll be the judge of that Mr Metal. Though, I feel I'll be kicked out. We'll see how it goes.
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It must be a private lake of the university. There was a report on Langley Times that they electrocuted the lake to eliminate invasive species.
http://www.langleytimes.com/community/233391541.html
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You just have to tell the security guard ur fishing he always fine with us fishing the lake.
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Was at Deer Lake yesterday in a boat. Saw literally hundreds and hundreds of very small bass in the shallows. Sometimes would have a dozen following in my lure in at once.
All fish I caught and saw were 4" or less.
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You just have to tell the security guard ur fishing he always fine with us fishing the lake.
Appreciate the info, but I, and hopefully everyone else won't go to fish it as an influx of people going there would cause issues to stop the fishing for the few that do go there and ask nicely. Cheers though!
Was at Deer Lake yesterday in a boat. Saw literally hundreds and hundreds of very small bass in the shallows. Sometimes would have a dozen following in my lure in at once.
All fish I caught and saw were 4" or less.
fun though eh? Little guys fight hard on ultra light gear.
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Its catch and release only lake even the carp!and catfish,sunfish and bass.
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That small hey? Well I was using 6-10 inch soft plastics, maybe that's why I was hooking the bigger ones. Saw a little kid, maybe 4 years old, with his dad catching small bass and sunfish off the dock on worms and a bobber, kid looked like he was having a blast.
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If you learn how to bass fish, and care to catch larger fish, you will. Casting in around the shallows with small baits in highly visible areas will net you small fish.
The larger ones bully the small fish into less desirable areas on the lake which are more prone to predation from birds, people etc.
Find drop offs/depth changes and structure and you will find larger bass.
(not to say that you can't sight fish for larger bass in shallow, very visible areas, most typically during the spawning season)
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If you learn how to bass fish, and care to catch larger fish, you will. Casting in around the shallows with small baits in highly visible areas will net you small fish.
The larger ones bully the small fish into less desirable areas on the lake which are more prone to predation from birds, people etc.
Find drop offs/depth changes and structure and you will find larger bass.
(not to say that you can't sight fish for larger bass in shallow, very visible areas, most typically during the spawning season)
Oh, I'll see about that, sir. YouTube will make me a bass pro by Thursday and I'll be sure to buy a $300 fish finder before I head out and slay them drop offs and structure. I'll get back to you by Friday :) Lol
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Well think about it, its hot and the bass want cover. Pads and matted grass is exactly what they want and where they sit, no matter how hot it is. Fish weedless baits and throw it into the thickest of grass and pads and you will get fish. Texas rigs will punch through and present food to fish sitting in the grass. No matter how thick the grass is, bass will bust through it to eat a bait. Don't be afraid to go big.
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I use alot of live target lures like frogs and mice.