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[leaping steely]

What if I switch to pike minnows? Would I use a whole shrimp, while still using the size 4 hook? OR would I just use a smaller hook, such as a size 13, and using only half a shrimp? And would it be ok, if I use peanut butter dough? Like...would the fish be biting the dough?

Thanks. Ian

I've caught Pike Minnows on the same setup as the Rainbow Trout. Pike Minnows will eat almost anything. I remember one time someone used a piece of string, a hook, and some cheese off the dock and caught a Pike Minnow. 

[BwiBwi]

I was at Buntzen Lake sometime ago caught and release a few 2 inch fish don't know what they are. Any guess?
for sure not young trout, or pikeminnow.

[Zaphod]

I was at Buntzen Lake sometime ago caught and release a few 2 inch fish don't know what they are. Any guess?
for sure not young trout, or pikeminnow.

I had this exact same experience 2 weeks ago.  I don't know what they were, but mine looked like bottom feeders of some kind.  Is that what yours looked like?  I was blown away by how large of a hook + bait these little fish were willing to go after!

[IamCanadian]

How exactly did u catch those fish? By using a float?

Thanks. Ian

[~IvAn~]

I had this exact same experience 2 weeks ago.  I don't know what they were, but mine looked like bottom feeders of some kind. 

 could be sucker fish.....

[IamCanadian]

I don't care what they are, but today I went fishing there . Man, I didn't even try to cast my line out there. All I had to do is put a sinker and hook with shrimp, and bingo. Just dropped it down the pier. I caught five carps. I never knew there were carps there. They were the slender ones. ( I don't know what they're called). But they were really good fighting. I had a lot of fun with them. The biggest one was about 18 inches. It : was from my fingertips to my elbow . I've never caught htem before, and god they were fun! I'd go there again this week and catch more of these. Forget the rainbows. They don't fight as well as the carps. And I could see them biting my bait too. HAHA...don't really know if that counts as fishing if u can see the fish, but it was awesome.

Ian

[The_Roe_Man]

Sorry, there is no carp in buntzen.  You probobly caught a largescale sucker or other type of sucker.

[Rodney]

Species found in Buntzen Lake:

Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Cutthroat Trout (Anadromous), Kokanee, Largescale Sucker, Northern Pikeminnow (formerly N. Squawfish), Peamouth Chub, Prickly Sculpin, Rainbow Trout, Redside Shiner, Sucker (General), Threespine Stickleback

[Roots]

Here are some familiar faces from Buntzen Lake...

Largescale Sucker



Northern Pike Minnow



Peamouth Chub



Prickly Sculpin



Redside Shiner



Threespine Stickleback

[BwiBwi]

Wow root that's great.  It's redside shiner I caught.  Thank you.

[Rodney]

It sounds like many of you are interested in fish identification etc. Here's a handy link that can be used to identify your BC fish in the future. Pay close attention to specific physical features of your fish.

Field Key to the Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia

[Zaphod]

How exactly did u catch those fish? By using a float?

Thanks. Ian

Yep.  A light Thill float on 6 lb mainline with a 2 foot long 4 lb leader.  #8 hook with cooked shrimp on, fished at about 6 foot depth off the far dock on the east side.

Looks like what I was catching were Prickly Sculpins.  Very, very tiny though.

[salmon assasin]

Rod you say there are Anadromous cuttys in buntzen, do they go out through the turbines in Indian arm or is that just another strain of fish in the lake?

[Rodney]

Not sure, I would think so. The information I posted was taken from Fish Wizard and it was probably obtained by doing population samplings of the lake.

[IamCanadian]

Whoops...I guess they were largesscale suckers. Darn...but they were nice fighting.

Ian