PETER HOPE LAKE
2020 Fishing Reports
Less than an hour outside of Kamloops, Peter Hope Lake is one of my favourite lakes- and not just for fishing! Beautiful cabins and hidden arms of the lake make this a great lake to explore. Read more about Peter Hope Lake
OCTOBER 02, 2020
This may be the last day of the year on Peter Hope Lake for me. I am glad that it was a beauty. The sun was out and the water was calm.
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My friend and I arrived at the lake at around 10:00 am and fished until a little after 1:00 pm.
Peter Hope Lake has a single barbless hook bait ban restriction. I used a Dog Tail Dodger with 16 inches of leader to a pink Wiggle Hoochie Bill on one rod. My friend used a Dog Tail Dodger with 16 inches of leader to a Chromes pink spinner hoochie.
Like the last time I fished Peter Hope Lake, we started to mark fish not far from the first boat launch. This time, though, the fish were not in tightly-packed schools but were in smaller schools and more spread out, mostly on the north end of the lake.
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The fish were marking all the way from 20 feet to 65 feet with most of them being around the 35 to 40 foot mark. I was expecting the Wiggle Bill to outperform the spinner hoochie but the spinner hoochie was the lure of choice today. The fishing was slow, but the one fish we caught and two we lost were on the Chromes pink spinner hoochie.
THE CATCH
the Strategy
Trolling at 1.2 - 1.5 mph, at 35 feet deep.
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Rod 1: Dog Tail Dodger, 16 inches of leader, and a pink wiggle hoochie
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Rod 2: Dog Tail Dodger, 16 inches of leader, and a Chromes pink spinner hoochie
We caught one nice chrome kokanee and lost two others on the Chromes pink spinner hoochie.
kokanee: 1
rainbows: 0
PHOTO GALLERY
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August 27, 2020
It was my favourite type of day to go fishing: the sun was out but it wasn't too hot and the lake was calm.
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I arrived at the lake at 10:30 am and fished until my kids were bored. That didn't take very long today- I was packing up by 12:30.
Peter Hope Lake has a single barbless hook bait ban restriction. So like last time, I used a Dog Tail Dodger with 14 inches of leader to a pink Wiggle Hoochie Bill on one rod. On the other rod I used the same setup except with a pink and purple hoochie. The all-pink hoochie was the best today, nothing on the pink and purple.
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We started to mark fish not far off the first boat launch and we found a tightly packed school on the north end of the lake about 500 feet off shore and in about 95 feet of water. The fish were marking from 45 to 60 feet deep.
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We did S turns at 1.2 to 1.5 MPH with our lines at 50 feet deep directly over the school of fish. With some patience we landed our first kokanee, weighing in at 1.6 pounds. This is quite substantial considering the kokanee have only been stocked in Peter Hope Lake for 3 three years. Next year's fishery is going to be fun!
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I discovered that if you forget your net a home, you can substitute a large tote for net. My boy held the tote on an angle so that one edge was almost in the water and it was quite easy to flip the fish in to the tote.
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I had a friend out on the lake as well who wasn't catching any. I tossed him my pink hoochie with the wiggle bill and 10 minutes later he was into his first kokanee.
THE CATCH
the Strategy
Trolling at 1.2 - 1.5 mph, between 50 feet deep.
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Rod 1: Dog Tail Dodger, 14 inches of leader, and a pink wiggle hoochie
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Rod 2: Dog Tail Dodger, 14 inches of leader, and a pink and purple spinner hoochie
We caught two chrome kokanee on the pink hoochie and lost another, while the pink and purple caught none.
kokanee: 2
rainbows: 0
PHOTO GALLERY
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