June rains with a few short breaks and no high pressure kept the fishing a bit tougher since last Tuesday. Mayflies, small chironomids and some larger ones have been coming off, first adult damsel was seen yesterday. Throat samples had … Continue reading
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Fishing has been very good the past few weeks with large chironomids coming off along with smaller ones. Around the May long weekend we get these large chironomids coming off for 3-5 days but this year they been coming off … Continue reading
Cool unsettled weather with some flurries and showers last week and through the weekend made for some damp fishing. Chironomid fishing has moved and picked up considerably from reports from guests to deeper water with some guests doing quite well … Continue reading
Water temps have been steady at around 48-49 the past week. Lake levels came up 5 inches the past week as the frost is coming out in the hills. Tunkwa’s water started to flow into Leighton last week via the … Continue reading
Unstable weather over the weekend with snow flurries and a good amount of rain Saturday didn’t keep the fish from feeding. Some guests did quite well while some had a harder time. Reports of nice fish sizes over the week … Continue reading
Fish are being caught on balanced leeches, vampire’s, brown and also maroon. Throat sample showed some chironomids, fish were caught on the Whiskey Dick patterns, grey and blue dun body colors, no adults have been seen on the water yesterday. … Continue reading
The -10 nights the past week has kept the lake from warming up, this weeks forecast calls for nighttime temps are just below 0 and highs during the day are up to 12 by the end of the week. Some … Continue reading
Tunkwa iced off yesterday evening!! Mark April 7 as the official ice off date for 2022, almost 2 weeks earlier then average! Incredible how fast the wind made it go. We saw people out there ice fishing last Sunday, and … Continue reading
The big winds that have been hitting most of southern BC the past few days, are really doing a number on Tunkwa icing off! yesterday we saw Campers Bay here at the resort, going from being fully iced over, to … Continue reading
We have 10-15 feet of open water along the shoreline in front of the resort. Over night temps have been above freezing which makes a big difference in speeding up ice off. We have also had rain sometimes mixed with … Continue reading