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[BwiBwi]

12" at Lesser!?! You guys are lucky.  I've only got 6~8" before.  That lake is not deep most of the time (when I went anyways) IMO fish dies out during winter?

[hickman]

I am sure the fish in Lesser Garibaldi and Garibaldi Lake do not die out!
Maybe you are talking about the first small lake, Barrier Lake, which looks less alpine. This one has small ones, and I have never caught anything there. But even this one is deep enough for the fish to survive.
Hickman

[BwiBwi]

Ya but if they don't die out and it's not a heavyly fished lake where's the big fish?   

[hickman]

I know that the lakes do not get stocked. IMO the big fish are in the middle of the lake; Lesser Garibaldi is quite big.
Same thing when you fish Cat Lake - nothing from shore. In a little raft in the middle of the lake you get bites every second cast. They stay deep because they feed on water bugs there more than flies.
Hick

[bbronswyk2000]

I know that the lakes do not get stocked. IMO the big fish are in the middle of the lake; Lesser Garibaldi is quite big.
Same thing when you fish Cat Lake - nothing from shore. In a little raft in the middle of the lake you get bites every second cast. They stay deep because they feed on water bugs there more than flies.
Hick

What are water bugs?

[milo]

Probably meant nymphs and leeches as opposed to terrestrials.

[BwiBwi]

I know that the lakes do not get stocked. IMO the big fish are in the middle of the lake; Lesser Garibaldi is quite big.
Same thing when you fish Cat Lake - nothing from shore. In a little raft in the middle of the lake you get bites every second cast. They stay deep because they feed on water bugs there more than flies.
Hick

All the past years I've fished near shore.  Will try again may be late next spring.

[living_blind]

The lake is full of daphnia. This is probably what was meant by water bugs.

The lake holds some beautiful fish, but MOST often is much more productive with a bellyboat. That being said, the fishing can be spectacular even from shore at times, particularly in early season, when the fish are starving and cruising all along shore. Note the spawning area at the outflow is off limits year round.

As for late spring, I have hiked up in late June and found the lake drawn down and partially frozen.

[hickman]

yeah, whatever these waterbugs are, leech type things in Cat Lake, for sure. I don't know too much about that I have to say. But when you open the fish up it doesn't look like flies... anyway.
Yes, Garibaldi Lake has a fishing boundary because there is lots of spawning, lots of fish. But you can catch those guys from share at other spots. As far as I know Lesser Garibaldi does not have any fishing boundaries...
Hick