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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: fishgutz63 on January 18, 2011, 06:10:38 PM
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just wanted to know if anyone has fished latimer lake in surrey,also curios about what spieces of fish reside in this water.thanxs
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I start to fished there back in 1977 when it was first stock there. I remember the daily limit was 8 trouts a day and I was just using single egg or earth worms on fishing on the bottom.
Last time I was there must being 6 years ago and I was fly fishing from my belly boat. Had lots fun back then.
Silex-user
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i have heard rumors of bass swiming those waters... ::) ::)
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ive seen pics if bass out of there and heard of a few people catching lots of bass in there
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Took a look few years ago and just one guy was fishing and he had caught a bucket load of baby carp...like 30-40 of them.
I'm sure there are some kind of fish in there still and now-springtime would probably be a good time to try it as it gets choked by weeds and gets very stagnant during the warmer weather.
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I'm sure there are some kind of fish in there still and springtime would probably be a good time to try it as it gets choked by weeds and gets very stagnant during the warmer weather.
bass heaven, a good place for them if they cant get into any salmon bearing stream...
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Was in the area last week so I took a look at the lake. I am happy to report that it looks GREAT.
Area has been cleaned up and the water levels are up and clear.
Did not fish it was raining to hard.
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If I'm not mistaken, Latimer pond is on like 192 & 24th ave in Langley? Is belly tubing feasible in there, or is it too shallow? I don't know if I'd bother targeting carp, but I'd love to try for bass.
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I used to float tube in Latimer all the time before it lost its trout population :'( I have seen canoes, small tin boats, dinghys and pontoons in there also.
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Friends and I used to called it Stokes or Dekes Pitt. Not sure why. Was a very popular fishery for all ages.
Fished it all the time years ago, generally from a float tube. Chironomids in the spring were deadly. As summer approached, the waters would drop, the weed growth came and there were not too many trout around. Lots of Pumpkinseed Sunfish though as well as carp.
glx
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I may be mistaken, but doesn't Latimer drian into the Little Campbell river? Which is a salmon bearing stream
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I think it just drains through the ground.
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Yes possible to boat in there but really unnecessary.
Latimer Lake is an abandoned gravel pit with no inflow or outflow as far as I know. There is a Latimer Creek but it is not connected to the lake.
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well back when it got stocked having a boat actually made a huge difference to get away from all the people around its shores. Also was basically the only way you could fly fish there ;D
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Also was basically the only way you could fly fish there
I used to fly fish from the shore just wading in a bit
I hooked my biggest cutty to date in there apporx 14"
One day i was there with no one else on the water
the fishing was slow and only a couple of takers
Then this big storm hit
it was so windy and raining so heavy that i took cover in my car
but after about 20 min i decided it had calmed down enough for me to cast
the fish were going crazy slamming my fly
i guess something was getting pushed up from the bottom (lake turing over) and they were feeding on it
then just as the storm passed you would think someone had emptied the lake of fish not another bite all day :-\
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Pic from a few days ago
(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu44/cutthroat2222/Latimerpano-1.jpg)
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Looks just like it did ten years ago. I remember they used to stock brood stock in there all the time just like they do at mill lake.
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I've fished there too. Use to live in Morgan Creek and used to take the kids there to practice.
some NICE cutties......
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192 @ 28 th ave.I live on Rees Lake.
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192 @ 28 th ave.I live on Rees Lake.
i have heard rumours of a lake in brookswood stocked but its private so its not worth the hassle...
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Our investigator first visited the site on July 13, 2005. At that time, on-site development
led to the draining of a small lake known as Latimer Pond (aka Stokes
Pit) on the northern end of the property. For years this had been a popular family
fishing hole. The lake level was so low our investigator could, and did, walk across
the lake bottom.
The southeast corner of the property had several small streams that were tributary
to the Little Campbell River. One significant creek (one to two metres wide)
that was home to hundreds of juvenile salmon (coho) and some trout (steelhead)
fry had been stripped of its riparian vegetation and there were numerous points of
entry for silt and sediment running off the cleared property around it.
A second smaller stream that was tributary to this creek and that would have
been accessible to fish was completely blocked off by a huge mound of dirt placed
into the channel to form a vehicle crossing with no culvert.
Taken from this page http://www.davidsuzuki.org/publications/downloads/2007/DSF-HDfin-F.pdf (http://www.davidsuzuki.org/publications/downloads/2007/DSF-HDfin-F.pdf)
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im just wondering what avenues one would take to maybe get the city of surrey and the fisheries to reconsider the option of restocking this lake sure is a shame to have a little gem like this sit idle,sounds like alot of folks have some fond memories of this lake.
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im just wondering what avenues one would take to maybe get the city of surrey and the fisheries to reconsider the option of restocking this lake sure is a shame to have a little gem like this sit idle,sounds like alot of folks have some fond memories of this lake.
call me mike...take it easy joe
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I would love to see this lake restored and revived so we can once again catch some trout in there. My biggest out of here was pushing 10lbs :o
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that was most definitely a brood stock from the hatchery.
if you look at the stocking database you can see when they release them. the average size goes from under 300 grams to over 2800.
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fishing_report/stocking_2.html
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I already knew that Fonda but thanks LOL I only said it because the big ones in there werent caught very often because the smaller guys hit so regularly ;D
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I already knew that Fonda but thanks LOL I only said it because the big ones in there werent caught very often because the smaller guys hit so regularly ;D
well said i did see a man in a float tube do real well with the lunkers in that pond as us shore fisherman swung it out with the fingerlings. it is a shame on how a good thing can be gone so quickly. i always wonder if brydon lagoon could support a small fishery being in the city of langley it could get some of the kids to put down the meth pipe and pick up a fishing rod...
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One memory of this lake...we were kids so money was an object.
we would take our flyrods with floating line...no flies just hooks.
our "fly" of choice during the daytime would be a small dandelion flower skated on the surface...when dusk was arriving even a little chunk of wood skated on the surface would catch em ;D
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One memory of this lake...we were kids so money was an object.
we would take our flyrods with floating line...no flies just hooks.
our "fly" of choice during the daytime would be a small dandelion flower skated on the surface...when dusk was arriving even a little chunk of wood skated on the surface would catch em ;D
lol iv been fishing on a small river (sumalo in sunshine valley) and i ran out of dry flies and all my wet flies were bead headed and were getting to deep so i put a bunch of cotton on a bare hook and caught lots of rainbows in the 14-20" range sum big fish in there.
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Is there any updates on fish in the lake and how can people such as myself get in on helping restore it, if its all possible that is.. I used to fish this lake as a kid all the time!
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Restocking this lake would be great.I also have lots of memories there, including taking my son there when he was young.
There currentley is no place in Surrey where we can use our tubes and pontoons.
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Yeah it was a great little lake, lots of fond memories. It is the type of place id like to be able to take my daughter to when shes a bit older and teach her how to fish.
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I would suggest trying to fish it and see what you find. I don't think your going to get a trout but there is a few other species that have been stocked in there illegally and I'm quite sure they haven't been fished out. ;)
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I would suggest trying to fish it and see what you find. I don't think your going to get a trout but there is a few other species that have been stocked in there illegally and I'm quite sure they haven't been fished out. ;)
Thanks for the tip, what method of fishing would you suggest?
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I have seen Sunfish, catfish, turtles and big Bull frogs there during the Spring time.
Silex-user
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I will head up in the next few days and give it a go.. ill keep everyone posted on how it goes
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I went to latimer yesterday the water looks good the Lily pads are gone for the most part, looks to be very fishable, saw power bait and line.. but nothing surfacing
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Any update on this water? Confirmed bass in there?
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Ask the bass group in abby to see if they stocked it and ask them what other places they have stocked.
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I don't know of any "Bass Group" who are stocking lakes, and if I did I'd report them. If anybody has evidence, please report it.
Quin
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Yeah, it just kind of....happened. ::)
One guy that either was or is part of one of the very active bassin groups was outted, and fined. Back when it was more or less one big group of BC Bassers. Now there are several groups/allegiances/divisions whatever you want to call them. And I think he was 'outcast' from all of the clubs, at least on public forums.
But IMHO, others either knew, prompted others to do it, or otherwise turned a blind eye. Then when the one guy was outted, everyone in the community could point to him as the sole cause of the spread and wash their hands of it.
Anyhoo, if there are bass in some waters by some means or another, they are there now, I will fish'm. Especially in places that don't really support our 'native' species.