Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Rock Island camp II.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

1-So many lakes to choose from.
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2-Today it was a light breakfast.
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3-This was another lake called Upper Hardcastle Lake that was accessible from the main lake. See picture #1.
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4-To get there, first I had to find the waterway opening that was not easy to see from the distance.
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5-Lovely lilies were at one corner of the lake.
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6-Life is good when one can catch fish in different lakes.
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7-I pumped the stomach and found a lot of red worms as well as Chironomid.
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I landed three fish and released them and lost two. I even caught one with a fly that I had tied myself.
There were lots of bugs flying around, but I was ok in my head net.

8-The first lake was connected to another lake, called Lower Hardcastle Lake.
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After touring the lake and watching the loons perform, I finally found the passage way to the other lake.

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9-More of the wild mushrooms.
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There are no motors on the boats in the remote lakes. Only at the main lake. Thus, there is all day of rowing when fishing other lakes.

10- That night for dinner, it was a thick stake under the mushrooms.
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11-Full moon at the camp.
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Thursday, July 21, 2016

12-Time for another filling breakfast.
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13-My view from the eastside of the cabin.
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14-Happy as can be angler getting ready for another day of fishing.
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15-Althogh the purist would not consider trolling—fly fishing, It was the best method to catch fish on these lakes.
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16-Nice looking Kamloops trout on the deck.
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17-Only some small shrimp looking insects in the stomach.
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18-I wish I had this map while looking for the camp.
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19-It cannot get better than this. Cheers.
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20-As you have seen in the past pictures, the food was excellent.
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After dinner I took the boat out trolling again till about 9:00 PM. I suddenly hook a good size fish. I netted the fish and removed the hook. I threw the leader and the hook in the water to keep them out of my way.
As I was busy pumping the stomach of yet another fish, I saw the tip of my rod bouncing! I released the fish in hand, and grabbed the rod. It turns out that a fish had seen my green leach pattern fly and had taken it! Two fish in about 5 minutes. A great moment to be remembered for a long time.

21-More lake pictures.
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22-Ribs were this night’s dinner. Yummy.
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23-Veiw of the clouds in the water.
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24-Could get enough of lake pictures.
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Friday, July 22, 2016

It was not the best day of the trip. I fell twice while getting off of the boat. Ran out of battery power, so lots of rowing on the main lake. Had a hard time alone putting an aluminum boat in the water.

25-So many nooks and crannies to fish. There is an entrance to a waterway in the distance.
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26-Good trout bait.
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27-Little black spots are actually tadpoles. Later they become full size frogs.
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Todays “lake du jure” was called Cone Lake.

28-There was a boat available for the guests to use.
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29-Some more lake pictures:
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30-On almost every lake that I visited, there was a family of loons. Maybe the same ones, but I could not tell the difference. They have a very powerful and unique call.
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This was the only lake that I got skunked. After a long troll, I noticed that the hook was gone. The drag on reel was very light, so I don’t understand what happened.

However, after dinner I caught two of biggest fish of the trip, along with some smaller ones.

31-One of the two catches that I kept.
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32-Its stomach was full of various foods.
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With all of the rowing and walking on the trails, my blood sugar was in check and had not gained any weight, even though I had great meals and plenty of them.

33-How would you like to have house like this?
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Saturday, July 23, 2016

34-Dinner on the last evening of the stay in the camp.
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Once again I went trolling after dinner and this time, I did some recording with Gopro. I only caught fish as I was getting back to the dock for the last time. So far I am unable to download the recording.
The stomach pumping showed a lot of red worms digested by the fish.

Side note:There is a painter named Thomas Kinkade. https://thomaskinkade.com/
He is most famous for painting of structure with interior lights looking so realistic. He is also a fly fisherman.
This painting is titled “it doesn’t get much better”.
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I have a copy, and wanted to copy it in real life. I bought and transported the outfit similar to the anglers clothing. I could not find an exact place, so I found a stream though it cannot be seen.

Here is my version.
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Unfortunately, I could not see in the small camera screen, and had the lens on manual focus. It came out not focused.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Left camp at 7:00 AM for Vancouver. It was a great trip so far not counting getting lost on arrival!

35-On the way home, I noticed the new signs posted to direct the guests the right way.
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36-Even some intruding branches were cut to make sign more visible.
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37-A previous guest had sent this letter which is an extremely vivid description of the camp.
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TO BE CONTINUED