McConnell Lake Sept 20 2007
by Mr BFSH
(McConnell Lake)
McConnell Lake Islands
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 highway. My friend Ron W has had plenty of success there this year so I thought that I would give it a go. With an elevation of almost 4200 ft, I figured that a possibly waterboatman hatch might be possible.
It wasn't very busy when I arrive around 10am but the parking lot filled up soon after... mostly walkers and their dogs. There is a lovely trail around the lake that takes approx 1.5 hours to complete.
There were no hatches or fish showing anywhere when I arrived. The odd ripple let me know that there really was life in the lake. I headed over to the small islands and hardly picked up a fish on my fish finder. They just were not around. Anchoring and casting didn't help so again I went on the troll/drift. Still nothing.
I finally found a pocket of fish sitting in 30ft of water and the fish were suspended at around 22'-26'. I got 3 little nibbles and no takes.
Discouraged by the lack of fish I crossed the lake to fish the SE shoreline which was lined with fallen trees and snags. I couldn't help noticing how deep the lake was, up to 84'on my depth sounder. There were some big fish sitting at around 65' but I didn't have an anchor rope that long so I continued to the far shore.
It didn't take too long to get into some small fish. If I had anchored I probably could have had a fish every cast but some of them were rrreally small. After about the 20th one, it was time to head home.
I must say that I am curious of why the lakes have been so slow the last few days... could it be the new moon?
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