Well we had a little "anniversary getaway" to Saltspring this weekend. Since we were staying on St Mary lake of course we had to try a bit of fishing.
I had heard that bass were very plentiful and easy to catch this time of year so I was pretty optimistic. I'm no bass fishing expert, but I have caught a few, and so we started off with tubes, crankbaits (flatfish) and bait. No bass. I caught a small cuttthroat. Then eventaully I hooked and lost a heavy sort of sluggish fish (maybe Bass??) that I never did see.
After losing patience with chasing bass we paddled the canoe around a bit and found a spot where trout were rising. We forgot about the bass and started fly fishing for them and had a lot of fun catching cutties in the 10-12" range. They were super aggressive and sometimes 8-10 trout would follow the fly to the boat. A little more exploring and the wife lands a nice fat 16" rainbow. A little later I hooked a bigger rainbow, but it was lost at the boat in a nettting mishap - she claims it was an accident and she still has the biggest fish!
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It certainly is a nice place to visit, and the fishing was pretty good - now if only I could figure out how to hook the bass...