Author Topic: Eskers park (Read 3169 times)

pgfishin · « **on:** Dec 30, 2012, 09:07 PM »

Just wondering if anyone has headed in the back way? How is the ice and slush on murch?

Bill Dance · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 31, 2012, 12:37 AM »

Yes I'm interested as well.

IceDrisher · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 31, 2012, 07:40 AM »

Lots of slush everywhere it seems with the heavy snow. Snowshoes and rubber boots are mandatory this season!

Bill Dance · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 01, 2013, 05:11 PM »

Well that's too bad.

Maybe we'll get lots of rain and warm weather to condition the lakes.

pgfishin · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 05, 2013, 07:04 PM »

Trail is good sleds it quads!

ianwuzhere · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 05, 2013, 07:47 PM »

more importantly ...- how is the fishing!!

pgfishin · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 06, 2013, 11:22 AM »

Fishing is always good on Kathie. Throw a worm down the hole and the fish bite it. Didn't have a insane day like sometimes but we caught 18 between the 2 of us in a few hours. Didn't wander into any of the other lakes but the fish in kathie are small as always and as expected when you overstock the lake every year.

ianwuzhere · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 06, 2013, 12:30 PM »

ya i love eskers for the solid action year after year..
its too bad theres never any big ones that come out of there- they should make some of the lakes just like they are and try to make some of them trophy lakes, for the chance to catch a fish bigger then 2 pounds.

IceDrisher · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 06, 2013, 02:39 PM »

I've heard that Byers has some big fish, and I know of a big brookie that came out of one of the smaller unnamed Eskers lakes.

pgfishin · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 07, 2013, 05:22 PM »

Their are bigger fish in Byers but way harder to catch. When you drill your hole their is usually about 50 huge shrimp come up so you can see why they don't want yours.

We have been petitioning fisheries to manage some lakes similar to down south for trophies as lots of lakes around here have the ability. Fisheries has no interest in fly fishing trophy lakes around PG, all they want to do is fill them with snaky blackwaters that you can catch non stop. As mush as it would ruin lots of people sat on the lake Eena should be a trophy lake. Eena used to produce 3-5 pound rainbows when they were stocking it with triploid Pannasks and it didn't get the winter pressure it does now. It has all the equatic life to produce huge fish with the depth to keep them alive through the winter.

ianwuzhere · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 07, 2013, 06:50 PM »

i think they have tried a few trophy lakes near pg, hart, and opatcho are kinda there.
I think Eena cuz its almost in pg city limits is a good lake to stock heavy due to high pressure.. If there are lakes around that dont winter kill but have shrimp boiling out of the holes when drilled- them should be the lakes where they should aim for trophy fish..
I think circle lake should be stocked with brookies and even bows as well- very easy access and has large amount of coarse fish, could be a real nice lake.

I think when aiming for above average fishery "trophy" lakes, the limits of one per day is a good idea. Tends to keep the hardcore fish bonkers at bay.

IceDrisher · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 07, 2013, 09:21 PM »

I agree. Stock a highly fertile lake with a small number of triploids and set the limits at one fish per day - that's how you get a trophy fishery.

kodiak80 · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 07, 2013, 10:25 PM »

Most of those 'trophy' lakes are also closed to ice fishing

Oldfish · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 07, 2013, 10:51 PM »

If shrimp were the indicator for a trophy lake then most of our local lakes would fit the bill, unfortunately it's TDS that does it- (total dissolved solids) and virtually none of our lakes have much. Dragon is over 300 ppm, virtually none of our lakes break 130 ppm- I have checked. Check out this this site and you will see what I mean. If you want big trout, best to go south to the Cariboo.

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/fidq/lakeSurvey.do.

Click the chemical query.

Hobson is pretty high- but that's about it.

Dunner · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 08, 2013, 10:20 AM »

Good link, Oldfish, thanks i'm going to spend a lot of time on that one!

I didn't realise that they put in so many fish in our local lakes. It would be nice if they could get bigger in a few more places, but you know how that goes, it'll end up in BC Outdoors like Hobson did. Not that people are rushing to go there, but I do like secrets.

British Columbia · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 08, 2013, 01:05 PM »

Quote from: Dunner on Jan 08, 2013, 10:20 AM

It would be nice if they could get bigger in a few more places, but you know how that goes, it'll end up in BC Outdoors like Hobson did. Not that people are rushing to go there, but I do like secrets.

With a non-retention fishery at Hobson, I am all for promotion of the excellent catch and release fly fishery to be had at the lake.

PGfishin - I have never experienced shrimp coming up the hole as you describe at Byers Lake. That said, I have seen some nice fish come out of there in years past when I fished it heavily nearly 10 yrs ago. The shrimp sure do come out of the hole at Verdant Lake, which by the way has a pretty high TDS as far as local lakes go and there are big brook trout in there although my personal track record at Verdant is pretty bad with skunks in the double digits vs success on one hand.

Like oldfish says, the bigger fish are south in the Caribou. For brookie fanatics - Snag Lake would be a good one to fish thats relatively close for big brook trout.

Otherwise the lake that produces large brook trout consistently in the north would be Klinger Lake by Houston. I read an entry somewhere for fish and game records (Sport Fishing Canada I beleive) that someone entered a 11 lb brook trout from there a number of years ago. I've taken a couple nice ones from there but has been years since I fished it last.

Locally (PG): Verdant, Vivian, Echo, Crystal, Byers, Co-op all give you excellent opportunities for nice brook trout.

A comprehensive list of lakes stocked in the region (and BC) can be viewed here:

Simply click on region and species fish or all and hit the generate report button. Then click on the lake and it gives you the location of the lake along with extra info such as bathymetric maps.

http://www.gofishbc.com/fish-stocking-reports/recent-fish-releases.aspx

For brook trout in Reg. 7:

http://www.gofishbc.com/fish-stocking-reports/recent-fish-releases/ReportOutputResult.aspx?StockSpecies=Eastern Brook Trout&StockStrains=all&StockGenotypes=all&FishStages=all&Region=OMINECA&Town=all&Waterbody=all&&DateFrom=1/10/2008&DateTo=1/8/2013

Kozfish · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 08, 2013, 01:20 PM »

hah hah hah
Total dissolved solids in Dragon.....yeah I guess it probably has lots...its what solid is dissolved that is funny there

Smells like a sewer ( at least at boyscouts) and the fish taste like ##* smells ( I'm sure I'm not the only one that has tried).
As for if fish like poop, anybody who knew Terry and how he won the West Lake derby could answer that!

ianwuzhere · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 08, 2013, 02:00 PM »

solids, hehe, -well then ness lake, west, and cluculz should all have monsters too

years ago i ate a bow out of dragon in winter- tasted good.. summer i hear suck tho

-just a reminder how ice fishing rules

Kozfish · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 08, 2013, 05:38 PM »

You are not the only person that has said they taste OK in winter....hmmmm
My sewer joke might not be as much of a joke then as I fish at one end of the lake that has a storm-drain type deal that reeks and thats exactly what they taste like, even when smoked. Maybe the boat launch and the other end where I see most of the posts on here from is a different story as there is NO WAY anyone would think the fish I tried taste OK in any way

pgfishin · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 09, 2013, 02:36 PM »

The thing is besides Hobson and b***h and Their has been no trial and error or anything to turn any local lakes into a trophy lake. Hart used to produce larger fish but is now full of course fish and blackwaters dumped in by the truck load. This is a ice fishing website and we all enjoy our winter fishing but in order for a lake to become trophy you do have to shut it down to ice fishing. My biggest issue with the whole trophy lake thing is the type of fish being stocked. The cariboo consistantly stocks tripliod Pannasks that live off bugs and grow fast. We have many lakes that meet the requirements for pannasks to do really well but we continue to pump in snakey blackwaters.

ianwuzhere · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 09, 2013, 02:41 PM »

ya i agree pgfishin, we need them af3n big boys to be stocked in more lakes as well as shut down for ice fishing to make a trophy lake. the blackwater are scrappy, jumping fish and most anglers like to catch them..

Oldfish · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 09, 2013, 06:29 PM »

Most dragon fish are blackwaters-lots of the fish caught there in spring are AF3N (check the fin clips next spring- if you don't believe me- Dragon is the provincial blackwater brood lake. Hobson, Hart, Opatcho and Eena have been blackwater lakes for years- Opatcho being the recent exception. Snakey BW's eh!!!? Like I said - it's about the lakes ability to produce food which is all about the fertilizer ( TDS) to grow plants, bugs and then the fish. Anyone who fishes dragon can see that Blackwaters actually feed hard on bugs and grow fast.

pgfishin · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 09, 2013, 08:23 PM »

Some of the overstocking is getting outta control though. I was in my pontoon on Hart 2 years ago and caught 30 12 inch fish in just over an hour. I couldn't let my line out and while I was doing that I saw fisheries dump 5 barrels of fish in the lake.

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