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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: stlucio on July 09, 2013, 05:02:56 PM

Title: Going to Kamloops for a week, need some suggestions
Post by: stlucio on July 09, 2013, 05:02:56 PM

Hello everyone. I will be in kamloops for a week in Late July and I was wondering if anyone got some tips for me. I got a float tube and I will be tossing my flies. any suggestions on lakes would be greatly appreciated (within 1hr drive around kamloops).

p.s. I did searched this forum thoroughly but I was hoping to receive additional advice from the members.

Title: Re: Going to Kamloops for a week, need some suggestions
Post by: Rodney on July 09, 2013, 06:17:26 PM

For late July from Kamloops, you may want to consider fishing the Thompson River. Less gear to carry and the fishing should be reasonably good, especially in the evening hours until dark. Juniper Beach Provincial Park (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/juniper_bch/) is a good spot to visit for day use area. Going either upstream or downstream from the day use area, or even in front of the campground, can be productive for rainbow trout. If you are fly fishing, get yourself a variety of large stonefly nymphs for fishing during the day, and dries for the evening hours. If you are spincasting, small Gibbs Croc spoons will get you fish on almost every cast at times, with a few northern pikeminnow mixed in between.

For lake fishing, consider heading to either Leighton Lake or Tunkwa Lake during that time of the year. The bomber hatch should be happening and fishing can be pretty good. Both lakes can get pretty windy in the afternoon, so just keep that in mind when being in a float tube. Here are a few videos of Leighton Lake from a few years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm5GrAtbrTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE4VGqmmQnA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbv76umhuWE

Logan Lake is another one worth visiting, a smaller lake and probably more manageable from a float tube. Here is a video I just put up on fishing with Brian Chan there last August.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTMZfB6wDXo

Title: Re: Going to Kamloops for a week, need some suggestions
Post by: stlucio on July 09, 2013, 06:50:08 PM

Thanks Rodney! Fishing in the Thompson River sounds awesome! haha

Title: Re: Going to Kamloops for a week, need some suggestions
Post by: stlucio on July 09, 2013, 07:36:26 PM

Brook Trout around Kamloops? Red lake, Horseshoe Lake, etc. which is better for a float tuber?

Title: Re: Going to Kamloops for a week, need some suggestions
Post by: Rodney on July 10, 2013, 01:30:06 PM

Not sure about Horseshoe, but Red Lake will most likely not be good. We were just there with limited success. Another colleague was just there this week, with similar results.