PETER HOPE LAKE

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

November 4, 2021

This will be my last fishing trip to Peter Hope Lake for the year. There was no one else on the water which was not surprising for November.

I put on full winter gear and went for it, and I am glad I suited up because it was cold!

I set up with my pink and glow Chrome's dodger with 18 inches of leader to a pink kokanee wobbler. On the other rod I used a chrome and pink Chrome's dodger with 14 inches of leader to a pink wiggle hoochie.

The fish were marking in distinct zones. They were between 30 to 40 feet and then from 60 feet to the bottom. Trolling was slow: over the course of two hours, I caught one rainbow on the wiggle hoochie and lost one fish on the kokanee wobbler.

It was time for a new approach. I reeled in my lines and set up my rod for jigging with one of my new tungsten jigs with a single barbless hook. This proved to be a good move. I caught three kokanee and two rainbows, all from between 60 feet and the bottom.

One of the three kokanee I caught today was a big spawning male. This I found very strange since Peter Hope Lake has only been stocked with all female triploid kokanee. I imagine that once in a while a few slip through.

Set up one: A Chrome's pink and glow dodger with 18 inches of leader to a pink kokanee wobbler.

Set up two: A Chrome's pink and chrome dodger with 14 inches of leader to a pink wiggle hoochie

Jigging setup: A yellow and orange tungsten jig

the Strategy

THE CATCH

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It was strange to catch a big spawning male kokanee today since they are supposed to be all female.

kokanee: 3
rainbows: 3

November 4, 2021

october 18, 2021

When the weather co-operates, fall fishing can be super relaxing. Today was one of those days. It was calm and about 12 C.

The kokanee were hard to come by, but the rainbows were hitting steady. The fish were mostly scattered through the lake with only the odd small school. There was one exception to that: I found one large school of rainbows near the sunken island in about 45 feet of water.

I set up with my pink and glow Chrome's dodger with 18 inches of leader to a pink and yellow kokanee wobbler. On the other rod I used a chrome and pink Chrome's dodger with 14 inches of leader to a pink kokanee wobbler.

Both setups worked equally well today. The fishing started off quick- I caught a nice kokanee only a few minutes after putting my gear down to 50 feet. Over the next hour, I lost two kokanee near the boat and released two rainbows.

It was all rainbows for the rest of the day. I caught and released two more while trolling, and then caught and released four while jigging my ice flasher and a green and red tungsten jig.