All day she told us “This fishing rod is lucky, just you wait and see!” Her positivity and patience always pays off with nice trout that she likes to release.

Where do the perch hang out on charlie lake can anyone help with some advice

Just north of Fort St. John, Charlie Lake offers an ideal combination of easy access, amenities and great fishing. Angler’s Atlas member Shakes2582 has written a report for a trip to Charlie Lake in June, 2014. “On June 8th we headed down to Charlie. We put in at Montney Park. The road into the park is a little rough. It is two wheel drive or car access when dry but if it has been raining the hill into the park can get quite slick. The launch itself leaves a lot to be desired when compared to the other concrete launches around the lake. It is a dirt launch with some large boulders scattered around it and a very shallow approach.... We figured that our best course of action was to head upwind some and wind drift into the shallow and weedy bays on either side of [Stoddart] Creek mouth. The first couple of drifts were unsuccessful, so we let the drift extend until we bumped into the cat tails on the edge of the lake. In this very shallow (<2ft) we were able to pick up fish. We got into the middle of huge schools of minnows of some sort, my guess was perch. None were longer than 2 inches. We matched the size of these minnows and started casting along the edges of the weeds and had some really great success. The Pike would get worked up into such a frenzy that the water would be boiling around us when the minnows were at their thickest.... The best success that we had was to wait until this frenzy was in full swing, right around the boat or at least very near to us. We would then pitch the fly out as far as we could on a Type III Sinking line and wait. The fly would settle into the weeds at the bottom of the lake, no more than two or four feet from the surface. Once the feeding frenzy started to slow and the pike had stopped blindly striking it was obvious that they started to settle into hiding spots awaiting the next swarm to swim by. At this point we would start to slowly strip our minnow patterns in a very sporadic, injured action and almost every time one of us would sink into the jaws of a Pike. It was exciting to be near the wolves doing their thing, and although they were a little skinny, post spawn, they were still quite strong. Longest fish of the day measured out just shy of 28”. LAKE ACCESS From Fort St. John, head north on the Alaska Highway for about 10 kilometres. Charlie Lake is at the junction of Highway 29, and Mile 43 of the Alaska Highway. There are two provincial parks on the shores of Charlie Lake. Beatton Provincial Park lies on the east side, while Charlie Lake Provincial Park borders the southwest shore.

Granddaughter Rhyan with a nice walleye. She outfished mommy and grandpa. Rhian caught two walleye, one jack and one yellow perch. Great day.

Took my boy Hank out for his first boat ride. He sure loved seeing fish. He didnt actually bite the fish. So i can say no fish were harmed in the making of this picture :) and were released back into the lake.

First trip of the year and good fishing.

Fighting the Northern Pike That won him the fathers day fishing derby.

Nice Walleye through the ice at Charlie Lake

Epick jumbo yellow striped...

Epick jumbo yellow striped purch day out with the guys.

lake snake from charlir...

lake snake from charlir lake.Good old luckr 5 diamons