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[BladeKid]

My friend and I went fishing at Whonnock lake from 1 till 6 today with quite a bit of success. It started of slow but then picked up not too much later due to a small chironomid hatch. There were numerous rises/boils throughout the day. My friend ended up with 5 bows landed and one lost. I landed 2 bows and 3 crappies with 1 bow and 2 crappies lost. Most of my fish were caught on black docs and black nymphs being trolled with a float line. (the lake is VERY shallow throughout most.) There were two boats out on the lake with little success (or what seemed to be). Whonnock lake is a good lake to fish this time of year since it warms up fast  because it is shallow. 

Average size of bows caught = 11-13 inches          Average size of crappies caught= 6-8 inches 

 

[THE_ROE_SLINGER]

excellent report mike! nice pics 

[Derp]

that looks like a yellow perch that your holding up..

[BladeKid]

nope...I tried to get my friend to take a close up of it in my hands but it slipped away (otherwise I would of put it up). I'm 100% sure its a crappie.

[bbronswyk2000]

Lots of crappie in Whonnock. Can be quite fun on the 3wt.

[Derp]

I wanna check out whonnok soon, anybody up for that?

[Britguy]

Look for the lilly pads just below the surface and fish there for crappies
they will take almost any fly
i got one about 14inch last year

[THE_ROE_SLINGER]

that is a good size crappie!! my biggest from whonnuck is just over 11 inches

[BladeKid]

my biggest was 8inches that day  ..lol

[Derp]

what are some good flies for crappie?

[bbronswyk2000]

what are some good flies for crappie?

I would say its more about color. Get something bright like yellow infront of their face and they usualy cant resist. They are not a picky fish. If you locate them you will catch them. Another good place to fish for them is Sturgeon Slough. I have fished for an hour before and caught over 20 in that span. Just not good when the water is up. I was there 2 weeks ago and the water was way up and there was no clarity.

[BladeKid]

u can pretty much catch a crappie on any fly. like bronswyk said...as long as the fish see it they will take it.

[stlhd4ever]

Light green with a little flash is the killer. I use to use an emerald green shrimp pattern and get a fish per cast. Now i use flourescent green jigheads with light green bodies and jig for them. A little more productive.

[Britguy]

I use small red with a bit of flash

[stlhd4ever]

where is sturgeon slough?