I fished an eastern WA lake last week and did fairly well.
My first BC trip is Memorial day to an average lake. We're going to Loon Lake. It
offers things for the "non-fishermen".... activities for kids, horse riding.. stuff
like that. I don't class it as a serious trip.
I'm going back up the 8th of June for some serious fishing around the Quesnel/Williams
Lake area. Don't quite have all the lakes lined up yet, but I'm working on it.
> ----------
> From: Patrick Petersen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 11:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Bass in Chopaka
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I also have caught some LARGE small mouth, Good eating for the ones not
> ending up on the bank. Have you fished Ell lake at all? Any good? Were you
> in Canada last week? I would like to fish with you sometime up there.
>
> Patrick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Warner, Paul W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 8:30 AM
> Subject: Bass in Chopaka
>
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > I think the bass are a little bigger than 6 inches.
> >
> > I fished Chopaka in 99 after a layoff of over 15 years. Found out the
> road in is as steep as I remembered it.
> >
> > I did catch two bass that trip. Both were deliberately caught. Smallest
> one was 14 inches. Actually both of them were the largest fly caught
> smallmouths I'd ever caught. They ended up as bank fish.
> >
> > If people see them on beds close to the reeds, just put on the biggest
> bead head bugger they have.. bounce it thru the bed.. and the bass will grab
> it. This is a standard method for when bass are on the beds.
> >
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 6:08 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Okanogan County Triploids (was Chopaka emerger)
> > >
> > > The bass have been in there for at least 5 years and occasionally there
> is
> > > talk of doing a rehab. However, the talk is usually tabled as the large
> size
> > > of the bows and the relatively small size of the bass makes it hard to
> rehab
> > > and start over.
> > >
> > > That lake is high enough and cold enough that the bass have never really
> > > taken hold. If you fish the shallows long enough you may find one but
> they
> > > tend to be under 6 inches long. At least that is what they have been in
> > > years past. I don't fish the lake much anymore due to the crowds so it
> is
> > > possible they have started to grow a bit more, thus warrenty the talk of
> a
> > > rehab.
> > >
> > > I will be curious to hear any reports you get.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
>
