Some very unsettled weather has been happening in the past while, with rain and wind, which made fishing a bit unpredictable. It looks like the forecast has really smartened up, with steady, warm sunny weather upon us now. Like most of the lakes in the area, bug hatches have been spotty, with short intense flurries at times. Surface water temperatures have been in the upper 60's, algae bloom is still light. Fishermen who can get on these hatches have been doing well. Best action has been in the late afternoon, into the evenings. There are still lots of trout feeding in the weed beds, but they are tough to get and fish effectively. Fishing large holes in the weeds, or along weed edges can be productive. There are lots of small fish in the weeds right now. Smaller chironomids in any of the Static bag, chromie type patterns have been the best chironomid patterns.
While chironomid fishing has been spotty, trollers have been doing pretty good. Small plugs like Hotshots in perch or frog patterns have been steadily producing. Trolling Bingo Bugs (a cross between a fly and a hard body lure) have been producing some nice catches as well. Pumkinheads, patrol cars and marroon leaches have also worked, when trolled or wind drifted along the weed edges.
We also have a couple of reports from nearby
Mamit Lake, which have been positive. The calm conditions up here in the past few days have allowed anglers to get on this notorioulys windy lake. There is a heavy algae bloom but some bigger chironomids have been hatching, and the trout and other fish in this lake have dialed into them. Rainbows up to the 3lb range have been reported. Rodney Hsu (Webmaster at Fishing with Rod) caught a beauty of a whitefish there yesterday, the first we have ever heard of in there!
We look forward to see you!
Al Patton
Tunkwa Lake Resort
Email:
info@tunkwalakeresort.comPhone: 250.523.9697 or 1.877.623.9697
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Topic: Tunkwa Lake and nearby lake report, July 8th 2014 (Read 2021 times)