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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: dlo on January 12, 2019, 08:49:06 PM

Title: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: dlo on January 12, 2019, 08:49:06 PM
Planning on heading up this week has anyone been up there and confirm if they are frozen
Title: Re: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: psd1179 on January 12, 2019, 09:59:36 PM
Frozen for more than one month. You will see 1 foot snow on top of the ice as well
Title: Re: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: banx on January 13, 2019, 09:05:04 AM
i think those 2 are no ice fishing. 
Title: Re: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: Hike_and_fish on January 13, 2019, 09:38:26 AM
The o ly one I know of that has an ice fishing ban is Englishman lake. The three best lakes Chicken, Upper Second and lower Second are best at this time of year. Some big brookies in those lakes. The bite turns off a few weeks after the ice melts.
Title: Re: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: typhoon on January 13, 2019, 03:55:04 PM
Quote from: Hike_and_fish on January 13, 2019, 09:38:26 AM
The o ly one I know of that has an ice fishing ban is Englishman lake. The three best lakes Chicken, Upper Second and lower Second are best at this time of year. Some big brookies in those lakes. The bite turns off a few weeks after the ice melts.
Read the regs. No ice fishing in Upper or Lower Kane Lakes:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/docs/1719/fishing_synopsis_2017-19_region3.pdf
Title: Re: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: Hike_and_fish on January 13, 2019, 05:11:34 PM
Quote from: typhoon on January 13, 2019, 03:55:04 PM
Read the regs. No ice fishing in Upper or Lower Kane Lakes:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/docs/1719/fishing_synopsis_2017-19_region3.pdf

I never said anything about the two Kanes. Just said " That I know of only one". As in off the top of my head. My first suggestion still stands for Chicken and the two Second lakes.
Title: Re: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: DanL on January 13, 2019, 05:22:11 PM
Quote from: typhoon on January 13, 2019, 03:55:04 PM
Read the regs. No ice fishing in Upper or Lower Kane Lakes:

It's confusing because of the weird names used. According to the FFSBC stocking reports, there are 8 stocked lakes in the Kane valley. The names FFSBC uses are Englishmen, Little Harmon, Harmon, Kane#1 left, Kane#2 Right, Second Lower, Second Upper, Chicken Ranch

But in the synopsis, only three have specific regs. Englishmen, Lower Kane Lake, and Upper Kane Lake.

Not 100% sure but I suspect Lower and Upper Kane lakes in the regs are referring to what FFSBC calls Kane#1 Left and Kane#2 Right.

While Second Lower, Second Upper, & Chicken Ranch have no specific regs in the synopsis so ice fishing is probably permitted which is what Hike_and_fish was aluding too.

edit: forgot about the two Harmon lakes
Title: Re: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: Hike_and_fish on January 13, 2019, 05:49:59 PM
People ice fish Chicken and the two Second lakes all the time. Upper second is closest to Chicken a d lower Second is closest to Kanes. I used to ice fish Second lakes quite a bit. But my best days have been in late October in the blowing snow with a fullsink line in my Jon boat
Title: Re: Kane lakes frozen
Post by: psd1179 on January 13, 2019, 08:19:48 PM
Chicken ranch and two upper lakes are full of small brookie. Do not ignore Harmon. I have caught 24 inchers there