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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nitram4891 on June 11, 2013, 07:33:05 AM

Title: Bridge Lake Area
Post by: Nitram4891 on June 11, 2013, 07:33:05 AM
Rented a cabin on a lake north of Kamloops this weekend.  Based on some research looks like I need to bring chironomids, buggers, and leeches for the fly rod.  What would you throw with a spinning rod and what about live bait?  Any help would be appreciated!
Title: Re: Bridge Lake Area
Post by: rickjames_2 on June 11, 2013, 10:54:40 AM
In regards to spinning gear, i always seem to do well with small/medium Blue Fox spinners(the bullets work even better IMO) or my go to lure if I am spinning, which is a Gibbs hammered gold Croc with an orange stripe, size depending on your target.
Title: Re: Bridge Lake Area
Post by: zap brannigan on June 11, 2013, 07:18:44 PM
panther martins work on everything.
Title: Re: Bridge Lake Area
Post by: Every Day on June 11, 2013, 07:25:26 PM
which is a Gibbs hammered gold Croc with an orange stripe, size depending on your target.

Amen to that.
Works on EVERYTHING! Probably the single most deadly lure ever made from what I have found.
Taken steelhead, cutties, bows, coho, chinook, chum, pinks and even sockeye on it.

Panther martins are also deadly as said above.
Try a lucky bug maybe as well. They seem to do well on a troll!
If wanting to do bait, throw worms on a bottom up set-up. Apparently power bait works well too!

Don't forget to bring scuds up as well for the fly rod (for a fast troll in 5-14 feet of water).
Every fish we have seen cleaned (or cleaned/pumped) in the past 2 weeks has just been full of them in every lake I'v been to.
A light grey or beige colour in various sizes (big is good though) seems to be the best bet for most lakes.

Cheers!
Title: Re: Bridge Lake Area
Post by: Nitram4891 on June 12, 2013, 10:07:25 AM
Thanks a lot for the great advice!  Bringing my tying gear with me so I will be able to improvise fly wise.  I'll post a report after the weekend!
Title: Re: Bridge Lake Area
Post by: Nitram4891 on July 01, 2013, 07:18:18 AM
Well only managed a few on flies but the spinners worked very well!  They were tasty.  (http://i.imgur.com/Tjfchl7.jpg)