I drive along the highway east of Mission quite often, going by Hatzic (septic tank) Lake.
Today as I went past I counted 9 vehicles parked by the Lake and noticed at least a dozen individuals fishing the lake from the shore. That part of the lake system is basically a very shallow and muddy channel that's crowded with cabins of all sorts on level island land only a couple of feet above water level. When 2 of my brothers lived at the other end of that island by the main part of the lake, the bacterial count was so high everyone was advised to keep out of the water. Although I've not seen any advisories against eating fish from that water system, especially bottom feeders such as carp, I personally won't try it. Has anyone kept and eaten fish from there lately?