Warmer than typical weather during the past week raised water temps. Damsels were seen for the first time this year on Tuesday and also small caddis were coming off spotty during the day. Chironomid hatches were spotty during the hot … Continue reading
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Fishing’s been spotty earlier last week, weekend fishing picked up with fish being caught on wedding bands with a small piece of worm and gang toll with wedding band. Kwik fish and hot shots produced fish. Fly fishers were fishing … Continue reading
Unstable weather earlier in the week with Southerly winds made for tougher fishing, later in the week winds switched to NW tapering off to a light breeze over the weekend with sunny skies and stable weather pattern. Fishing has been … Continue reading
Stable weather made for good fishing this past week. There has been thick hatches of very small chironomids all week. Fish have been taking leeches and the past day small caddis as a few were seen and matching flies picked … Continue reading
Unstable weather patterns the past week still produced fish. Smaller chironomids mainly #16’s with popular patterns working were Whiskey Dicks’ Blu Gnu and the Grey Monk, Black Sally’s and Elvis. Pumpkin heads, olive green Carey’s and Vampire leeches stripped in … Continue reading
Pretty quiet weekend up here at the resort, with just a few guests in from the same Health Region. We have lots of availability until the restrictions are lifted May 25, when its normally very busy. Tunkwa lake is in … Continue reading
Tunkwa Lake is ice free, water temps were already up to 48 last Monday but have dropped back down to 42 with the cooler weather pattern yesterday. Fish were caught on spinners, small chironomids and attractor patterns during the week. … Continue reading
The ice came off Tunkwa Lake yesterday evening, it is ice free. Fish were caught in shallow water on leeches and small chironomids. Small chironomids have been hatching, fish have been showing themselves rolling or taking chironomids just under or … Continue reading
The lake ice on Tunkwa, at least around the resort, appears to be safe, we found 4-6″ wherever we drilled today. We did not venture out on the main lake or over the areas with springs/upwellings, so we still recommend … Continue reading
After a few days of -4 to -10 temps along with windy conditions cooling down the lake overnight calm conditions froze the surface of the entire lake. . … Continue reading