Mar 23 2009
Planning has begun for our annual spring fishing trip, and this year, we’re planning on venturing out of province.
The details aren’t set in stone yet, but some of the lakes we’re looking at exploring include some lakes in the White Swan Provincial Park area. Might take the Rubicon along, so that we can just set up camp once. Looking forward to some spectacular scenery, along with some great fishing!
Apr 24 2008
Went for a drive to a couple local lakes with Shan yesterday, and actually found one spot had a fair bit of open water. The aerator was still running, and provided that the wind doesn’t pick up too significantly and blow a pile of ice in towards the dock, it should be okay this weekend!
We are so anxious to get the new pontoon boats wet – I set mine up in the living room just to practice the setup, and try and figure out where I want my rod holder and sonar mounted.
Oct 21 2007
Got back last night from the last fishing trip of the year. Headed up Friday after work, and woke up to a nice sunny morning – a little cool… but it was sunny. The fishing was slower than we’ve experienced in the past… likely due to the water temp… the finder was recording temps between 41 and 43 Fahrenheit… made those releases a little chilly!
The aerators are up and running – all 10 of them! Had never seen them running before, and they made quite a noise…
Here are a few photos – more in the works!
Jun 10 2007
Back from 8 days of fishing.
We got to Sulphur Lake around 8:30 or so Friday night – the campground was the busiest I’ve ever seen it. The sites are no longer free, but the nightly fee is only $5.
Did some casting from shore, and did manage to tie into a 13″-14″ Rainbow. Over the next few days we would catch numerous fish – and we caught many more Brook Trout than previous years. Shan had chatted with the biologist in the region, and from netting tests of the lake, Brook Trout have become the dominant species in Sulphur Lake now. The fish seemed a bit smaller than previous years. I think that the largest fish was around 18″ or so.
We fished Sulphur till Tuesday, and moved on to Swan Lake for some bigger fish.
We managed to get lucky and got the last site with a firepit on the north side of the parking lot. The camping at Swan is still free, but unfortunately, it appears that there is no longer any maintenance of the area. The fish cleaning stand was a mess – containers inside full of maggots, and smelling bad. No firewood, so people were chainsawing deadfall, and dead trees.
On Thursday there was a visit by the stocking truck – and 31,000 trout were added to the lake. Here are some of the pictures:
Aug 02 2005
It’s a beautiful little lake, well off the beaten track, and four of us had it all to ourselves.
The fish finder was marking fish all over the place, with a good variety of different sized fish. The deepest parts of the lake were around 32 feet deep. Seemed most of the fish were around 13 feet and lower, typically in around 20 feet of water.
Was trolling nymphs around the lake in the tube, tried Alexanders, a tube minnow, a TU, and a beadhead prince….had some hits on the TU…was surprised that I lost one with the ferocity of the hit…it was so solid.
I forgot about the full sink chironomid technique described in “That Sinking Feeling” article in the Fly Fishing menu on the right. Wish I had read it again before heading out on Sunday 
Oh well, the fish won this time…and I still had an most enjoyable day on a beautiful new lake I hadn’t been to before.
