Dragon Lake is open!

[BCrams]

For us fly fishing nuts ...... Dragon Lake is now open!! As of yesterday, March 28.

Tight Lines.

[LYKTOHUNT]

Yup the hurricane like winds really helped

[Salty]

Open meaning the ice is off already? Or open meaning there's seasonal regs? And ya, we did have a huricane out here yesterday so it was prolly none too nice up there either. lol.

[BCrams]

Open as in - the ice is off.

[Burger64]

A week of fishing Dragon starting on the 16th..Hope its turned

[Salty]

Nice. Give us a trip report when you get back :) And remember the HBC adage, no pics it didn't happen. LOL

[Chuck]

Bit early? April was usually the month in the past.

[frenchbar]

Earliest i fished it was around the 20th of april ..and it was hot fishing at times ..lot of skipping around the lk searching ..found the north end to be pretty dam good! bay on the east side down near the south end can be good as well .

[GoatGuy]

A week of fishing Dragon starting on the 16th..Hope its turned

Hope it's turning...... just for you.

Heard Stump was off as well.

[Fisher-Dude]

For us fly fishing nuts ...... Dragon Lake is now open!! As of yesterday, March 28.

Tight Lines.

You and PGK heading up for a guys' fishing weekend? :mrgreen:

[ianwuzhere]

You and PGK heading up for a guys' fishing weekend? :mrgreen:

That would prolly be the first time id ever see two guys in one belly boat:-D

[Salty]

All banned HBC members are banned from Dragon lake as well

[Burger64]

Hope it's turning...... just for you.

Heard Stump was off as well.

With the wind they've been having I think I'll be Okay

[Salty]

Haven't been around frozen lakes for a quite a while, what's the rule of thumb for turn over after ice off? A week or two?

[KB90]

You and PGK heading up for a guys' fishing weekend? :mrgreen:

PGK no longer lives in BC so I don't think so.

[BCrams]

Need to get some heat in the teens to help with the turn over. Nights are still dipping below zero right now to keep the water cold so this week should be good.

Mid April ... money is on that it will be turning with full fledge fly fishing resuming again by first week of May.

[BCrams]

PGK no longer lives in BC so I don't think so.

Thats correct. He's busy getting into bar fights with the ice road truckers.

[KB90]

Thats correct. He's busy getting into bar fights with the ice road truckers.

I hope he likes sunlight cause pretty quick he will be getting 24 hours a day of it :mrgreen:

[3kills]

Hope it's turning...... just for you.

Heard Stump was off as well.

ya stump is off too. so is nicola.

[GoatGuy]

With the wind they've been having I think I'll be Okay

I'll keep my fingers crossed for dirty water and lethargic fish.

[GoatGuy]

ya stump is off too. so is nicola.

Went by Courtenay still frozen.

[kootenayelkslayer]

I hope he likes sunlight cause pretty quick he will be getting 24 hours a day of it :mrgreen:

Given the quality of the ladies up there, 24 hour daylight is probably a man's worst enemy when leaving the bar.

[Jagermeister]

I lived at Dragon Lake for 14 years before moving away in 2006. In that time, I can't remember the ice coming off this early. I have seen the ice come off in a day with the wind and I can tell you the lake will have turned over in this time. The lake is relatively shallow and rolls over with significant wind, especially from the south. So, the fishing will not come on until the lake cleans up, this will be about 2 weeks more or less.

[GoatGuy]

Given the quality of the ladies up there, 24 hour daylight is probably a man's worst enemy when leaving the bar.

He's probably living the dream right now, never had so many women falling over him.

[BCrams]

He's probably living the dream right now, never had so many women falling over him.

hahahahaha :lol:

[srupp]

Had some awesome flyfishing days on Dragon..:mrgreen:..one evening couldnt keep em off a black and red chronomid....and some HUGE slabs...weed bed just out and to the left of Robins Roost Resort( a great camp spot if not for the mounds of GOOSE SHIT ):mrgreen:

Buddy from Alberta coming out for sturgeon ...black bear..and fly fishing lastw eek of April first week of May..IF Sherridan isnt open then its Dragon lake for the fishing...

Thanks for the heads -up Greg...

steven

[hillclimber]

Wow I can't believe the ice is off already on some lakes. Sure is very early this year.

Srupp as far as Sheridan goes for ice thickness, last week I was at my cabin and there was still over 1ft of ice (about 14-15 inches) in front of my cabin. Usually the ice is off in mid May. It was however breaking off at the shoreline. I remember last year around this time there was about 28 inches of ice.

If you want I can let you know once the lake is ice free.

[srupp]

Hillclimber yes PLEASE keep me updated about Sheridan lake Ice levels...appreciate it muchly.

steven

[DV-67]

Hillclimber yes PLEASE keep me updated about Sheridan lake Ice levels...appreciate it muchly.

steven

Google Sheridan Lake webcam. Live webcam of the lake.


Here is the site......

http://www.beddowtree.com/sheridan/lake.htm

[Benthos]

was at dragon for the second time this spring today. again, the wind was strong and didn't let up the entire day. that being said, the fishing was good in the morning and again in the afternoon. several good fish to the boat. very little in regards to a chironomid hatch, although you could see the odd one floating on the surface. microleach were the flavour of the day.

the water is pretty clear, at least compared to last weekend

[srupp]

Thanks for the update Benthos...new Sage z-axis fly rod and new Sage reel and spare spools and new lines..looking forward to hitting Dragon ion the next week..just waiting for new sonar unit..

Steven