2009 BC Freshwater
Fishing Journal

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Killer Flies Trump Print 
Ron Wittenbecher Wins 2009 BC Fishing Journal Prize

It wasn't hard to find this past year's winner of the 2009 BC Fishing Journal Contest. Ron ...

Pass Lake Rejuvenated 
I had heard from a reliable source that Pass Lake was again producing reasonable fish so I decided to try it myself. Pass Lake was until recently, a ...

2009 Ron Wittenbecher Fishing Journal  
A Collection of Fishing Journal Entries (2009) by a local fishing enthusiast who shared his outings with us.

Last Stillwater Adventure for the Boys From Crescent Beach
Roche Lake Area. 
After checking the weather we decided to get one more shot at a Big Fish this year, as it has been a so-so year for us.

The Weather Channel said Kamloops ...

Dragon Tales 
Well as the season comes to a close.....I must admit that the fishing this year has been off - way off. Yesterday as other days this month since the water ...

Roche Lake Resort Invaded by the Irish 
The Roche Lake Area will never be the same after 21 Irish fly fishing enthusiasts honed in on the Roche Lake Resort this past week. Arriving late Saturday ...

McConnell Lake Sept 20 2007 
My van is acting up on me so I didn't want to travel off road too much if I was to go fishing. McConnell Lake is right beside the old Kamloops-Logan Lake ...

Six Mile Lake - Sept 12 2009 
My friend Paul Patterson invited me to join him up at Six Mile Lake on Saturday. When I got there, he and mutual fishing friend, Ted Elder, were already ...

Silent Lake Remains Silent - Sept 4, 2009 
KJ found a lake on the government stocking site that was above Pritchard (north) and had been stocked for the previous 3 years. After reviewing the location ...

No Campfires - No Fisherman 
Roche Lake Aug 16, 2009
It was a pleasant surprise when I arrived at the Roche Lake West and found only 1 boat and camper in the campground. A mid-...

Leighton Lake Bombers 
I have started my annual trek to the Leighton / Tunkwa area to do sport with the rainbows with "bomber" size chironomids. "Bombers" tend to be the biggest ...

May 23 Six Mile Lake 


Went up to "Six Mile Lake" around 10:00 am this Saturday morning.

Fishing on the end of the lake to the left of the boat launch about 20ft from ...

May long 2009- Campbell Lake Kamloops B.C 

Me and my fishin' buddy, got there on Friday. Went out on the lake around 7:30 pm and were trolling the far North end of the lake with a Dark green ...

Kamloops Area Lakes 6 Mile Lake - May 6, 2009  
The sky was mostly cloudy with a light SE wind when I arrived at "6 Mile Lake" about 1:15pm. There were 2 other boats on the water but it appeared a little ...

Spring Aluminum Hatch at Kamloops Area Lakes 
It's the middle of April already and the only place that I had gotten word on was Kamloops Lake were some venturous fisherman were doing ok out past Cooney ...

McConnell Lake - 12.08.2009 
McConnell Lake sit high up in the hills near Lac Le Jeune and Stake Lake. Easily accessed from the old Kamloops - Logan Lake highway, the lake sits at ...

Osprey Lake BC - 3.11 lb Rainbow  Not rated yet
Fishing at Osprey Lake between Princeton and Summerland. (Near TeePee Lakes, BC)

Caught by Jack W Brock on a chironimid. May 2009.

picture submitted ...

Morgan-Lake-Nov26-2010  Not rated yet
It has been an unusually warm late fall after an ominously cold early fall so I took advantage of opportunity on Thursday Nov 26 to visit the 6 Mile Lake ...

Six-Mile-Lake-11-20-2009  Not rated yet
The weather had been tempting all week as the temperatures (C) hovered in the low teens but it wasn't until Friday that the winds had subsided enough to ...

Six Mile Lake - Oct 17 & 18  Not rated yet
Our friends, Wayne and Adrienne of Penticton, joined us for mid-fall weekend at Tobiano. Tobiano, the golf course resort on Kamloops Lake is a short 10 ...

Jacko Lake - Narry a Sniff - Oct 12  Not rated yet
My company had left and the only thing that I had left to do was to head up to the closest lake (Jacko Lake) on this Thanksgiving Monday.

The weather ...

ZipperMouth Lake - a Fall Jewel  Not rated yet
Ah, the ol' ZipperMouth Lake.

You know, everyone has their favorite "secret lake" and yours truly has one too. I have shared this location with only ...

Pinantan Lake Sept 27 2009  Not rated yet
I thought that I would give Pinantan Lake a try so I wandered up there Sunday morning. Of course, the lake was calm when I arrived and blowing by the time ...

Morgan Lake near Tobiano BC Sept 25, 2009  Not rated yet

Kylee's First Fish!
My great-niece and her family from St Albert were at Tobiano, BC this past week and we had a chance to get up to Morgan Lake ...

Red Lake Sept 13 2009  Not rated yet
I finally decided to go back to Red Lake. After total failure there the last 3 times that I visited, I was talked into in trying again by my buddy KJ. We ...

Six Mile Lake - Labour Day 2009  Not rated yet
I thought that I might be the first up to the lake at around 7:30am but to my surprise there were already 3 boats on the water. The weather was overcast ...

Campbell Lake Slows - Sept 1, 2009  Not rated yet
It was the annual visit from the Murphy boys, Wayne from Penticton and Brian from Cornwall, BC. Last year we went to Community Lake and Roche Lake. This ...

Six Mile Lake - 25Aug09  Not rated yet
An evening at Six Mile Lake

Either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week was going to be my evening to fish. I called up KJ he was interested in Tuesday ...

Roche Lake - Natures Vengence  Not rated yet
This past week provided an onslaught of natural forces that, I swear, screwed up the fishing in the Kamloops Area Lakes and Roche Lake Area.

Summer ...

Six Mile Lake - All to Myself  Not rated yet
Six Mile Lake 15.08.2009

Something about mid-August... everyone is trying to get in the activities that summer brings because within a couple of weeks,...

Pass Lake Tragedy  Not rated yet
During a recent visit to Kamloops to visit with my old friend ‘Big fish’ I got the opportunity to spend a weekend at Pass Lake – my all time favorite water....

Scuitto Lake Produces  Not rated yet
Even in the height of the summmer, Scuitto Lake continues to produce but you have to beat heat by hitting the lake at the right time.

A couple of days ...

I think I caught Walters Cousin  Not rated yet
Fishing Okanagan Lake

Fishing the Okanagan Lake has been skeptical the last 6 years, From catching 6 to 10 fish (bows and kokanee) one day ,and the ...

Campbell Lake Keeps Producing into Hot Spell  Not rated yet
It was my 3rd visit to Campbell Lake this week but it was the first really hot day that I had to contend with.

This day I was accompanied again by ...

Hosli Lake on Perfect Day  Not rated yet

Well, the weather was nice at least. I arrived at Hosli Lake at 9am on Sunday, July 5th to a picture perfect lake, calm waters with a few fish rising ...

Amazing Day at Campbell Lake
Kamloops Area Lakes  Not rated yet
Saturday, July 4th was a day to remember as my fishing buddy Dave and I got an early start to head out to a lake I had never fished before.

My friend ...

Community Lake - June 22, 2009  Not rated yet
Anticipating a "traveling sedge hatch", Wiener, my longest living fishing buddy, and I tried an evening fish at "Community Lake". The weather had been ...

Roche Lake Showing Multiple Hatches
June 14, 2009  Not rated yet
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Went to Roche Lake on Sunday evening. It looked like an "aluminum hatch"...

Teepee Lakes - sometimes... that's fishin'  Not rated yet
Last week I was lucky enough to spend 3 days of exclusive fishing at the southern BC fishing destination of "Teepee Lakes Resort".

After spending a ...

Batstone Lake, BC - Seven Half Diamond Guest Ranch  Not rated yet
By the time I hit the water at "Batstone Lake" it was close to 11:30am. There were 4 other boats on the water when I arrived and fishing partner KJ, wasn'...

Campbell Lake
Sunday May 31, 2009  Not rated yet


Campbell Lake, BC - Kamloops Area Lakes
After talking with KJ after my trip to Campbell Lake he suggested that Campbell might be worth a try ...

Kamloops Fly Shop Hosts Book Signing Ralph Shaw & Larry Stefanyk  Not rated yet
Co-editors of the book The Pleasure of His Company- the Fishing Diaries of Jack Shaw , Ralph Shaw(no relation but a long-time friend and associate) and ...

Campbell Lake - Chironomid Heaven
May 28, 2009  Not rated yet
The early bite was quiet at "Campbell Lake" (well known in the "Kamloops Area Lakes") this morning. I hit the water about 10am with a plan to work the ...

The Kamloops Area Lakes
Jacko Lake - May 22  Not rated yet

fished jacko lake today.

The fishing was a little slow, caught a dozen little guys but nothing substantial.

The fish that i caught were on a chromie....

Alleyne Lake - Merritt Area Lakes  Not rated yet

May long weekend camping has been a tradition with our friends for as long as I can remember.

Over the years people have dropped off with various ...

Me, McConnell and Murphy
May 18  Not rated yet

I decided to avoid the highways and campsites this long weekend so I thought I'd give "McConnell Lake" my token try for the year. I've never had much ...