birchy Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 CDock and I are going to hit the K Lakes tomorrow evening. First time out there for me.. not sure about CDock. Any advice? From what I've gathered from you guys so far I'm thinking just stripping streamers? Quote
Brownstone Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 If your after the Bulls, throw every streamer you got. change it up lots, fast, slow, deep, shallow. Quote
lonefisher Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 don't be afraid to try some small stuff either like leechs, small minnow patterns, aquatic invertibrates like say maybe shrimp....... But yeah for the most part the bulls like bigger stuff. Just change it up till you find the pattern or the colour they like. Quote
esleech Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 Switch it up, like everyone else said. Keep an eye out for small fry and imitate them. Don't be afraid to be unorthodox either. Patience is key up there. You might make 200 casts before you nail one but man is it worth it. Have fun guys, look forward to hearing the results. Quote
birchy Posted June 18, 2007 Author Posted June 18, 2007 And bear spray.. we're bringing bear spray. haha Thanks for the tips guys.. We'll report in for sure. With pictures. Quote
Din Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 say if you weren't targeting bulls, but bows and cutts what should a guy do? too busy fishing to go buy streamers and thinking of headed that way. Thanks! Quote
lonefisher Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 "say if you weren't targeting bulls, but bows and cutts what should a guy do? too busy fishing to go buy streamers and thinking of headed that way. Thanks! " chironomids, leechs, shrimp, and maybe some attractor wet flys......... and white wooly buggers size 2-10....... you could try dries if they are rising but....... It seems to be a tough dry fly lake....... Quote
Din Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 thanks lone...looks like i may have to change plans...shoulda went to the store..oh well. now i know! Quote
Glenbow Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 You can always try what you do have under an indicator, or fish from the bottom-up until you find the fish. It can be a tough lake, but it can be a great lake too. Beware that it tends to go on & off too, so you might get action for an hour or 2 & nothing for an hour or 2 after that. But, have fun & follow all the advice in the above posts! Quote
lonefisher Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 Glen is right they seem to like to hit suspended flies even if its a fly that you would normally associate with movement...... like an 8 inch bucktail, clousers, zonkers...... but thats not alway the case. Just make sure you are ready first cast cause the first cast in an area often results in a strike so be ready. Quote
Brownstone Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 oh..and tie on some heavy leader with a good knot (I use 10lb out there)..cause those bullys know how to bust ya off right quick... Quote
cdock Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 CDock and I are going to hit the K Lakes tomorrow evening. First time out there for me.. not sure about CDock. Any advice? From what I've gathered from you guys so far I'm thinking just stripping streamers? I've been there once before. And like the posts say it's on and off and I was definately there when it was off. Tonight will be a different story! Quote
bloom Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 Thanks to LoneFisher's advice I got one big 'bow, and a bunch of smallish bulls (~18'') on on leech patterns under an indicator (catonic leech). The best patterns were a brown or black one that LoneFisher ties, and the little leech that I use (emerging leech...bloom's leech). This was about a month ago and things may have changed, but catatonic leeching is deadly anywhere for anyfish. Even landed a 4lb sucker on my little leech out of Lower K. Quote
bowfin Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 any of you guys tell me if you can get a boat in there was there about 3 weeks ago and couldnt put in do to low water levels. Like to fish the lower in the morning and upper in the afternoon. Quote
Brownstone Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 no problem to get a boat in the lower..I'd imagine the upper is the same..lots of water.. Quote
cdock Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 any of you guys tell me if you can get a boat in there was there about 3 weeks ago and couldnt put in do to low water levels. Like to fish the lower in the morning and upper in the afternoon. I was just up there last weekend, TONS of water and the boat launches were in the water. No prob launching now. Should still be the same now. We'll let you know for sure when we get back. Hopefully we'll have some fish pictures to share as well. Quote
cdock Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 Glen is right they seem to like to hit suspended flies even if its a fly that you would normally associate with movement...... like an 8 inch bucktail, clousers, zonkers...... but thats not alway the case. Just make sure you are ready first cast cause the first cast in an area often results in a strike so be ready. So you just let them sit suspended under an indicator? Would never have tried that in a million years. Can't wait! Quote
bowfin Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 cdock what day are you heading up i am thinking about wensday for me Quote
birchy Posted June 18, 2007 Author Posted June 18, 2007 cdock what day are you heading up i am thinking about wensday for me We're going today after work. Quote
cdock Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 cdock what day are you heading up i am thinking about wensday for me Today after work. Quote
birchy Posted June 18, 2007 Author Posted June 18, 2007 We're going to catch a couple of these tonight: Quote
lonefisher Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 Looking forward to hearing a report guys. Drove out myself this morn to have a look around and to show a friend the lakes. Didn't have time to fish but the lower lake seemed ok but the upper was windy. Hope you guys managed to hook some brutes Quote
birchy Posted June 19, 2007 Author Posted June 19, 2007 Looking forward to hearing a report guys. Drove out myself this morn to have a look around and to show a friend the lakes. Didn't have time to fish but the lower lake seemed ok but the upper was windy. Hope you guys managed to hook some brutes Two words: SKUNK CITY!! We hit the Upper Lake first around where the little Transalta Hydro station is, tried a bunch of different streamers and CDock tried some nymphs too and didn't get any hits at all. Didn't even see any fish in the water. After about an hour we decided to try the lower lake, where the little creek runs into the lake. Again, no hits, nothing. CDock did see 5 big bullies swimming towards his streamer but then they just veered off and he didn't see them again. We DID however see THREE grizzlies!! We saw one good sized young male on the side of highway 40, got some good pictures and video of him. And then we saw a mother and a cub on the lower lake. A guy driving by stopped and warned us that she was walking by up on the road.. literally like 50 feet behind us where I parked my car. We saw one of the cubs and we saw her, but not the other cub. Got some video and pictures of her too. We're almost positive it was the same grizzly that BigBowTrout saw and took a picture of, because she was in that exact same spot. Very cool. Quote
cdock Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 Birchy summed it up - SKUNKED! The bears were definitely the highlight. I love watching these things, at a distance. I'll be back, I will not be beat. There were 3 other guys in pontoons and they didn't look like they had any more success than we did. Hopefully they got something before we arrived. I hope we didn't get too close to them either. We fished different water and they were moving away so I think we were good. If you guys are on here and think we got too close sorry dudes. I figured you were moving away but I could have been wrong. What to you call a fisherman slipping on a muddy hill? WET BIRCHY! Quote
lonefisher Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 Ai the lower kananaskis she be a fickle mistress.......... as warm as a tavern lass one day colder the a kilt wearin scotmans bottom on christmas day the next. Quote
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