Steady rain over the water today, with a kind S breeze on the water and the barometer holding steady. The productive water at Fortune Lake will be around bays that hold the day's warmth. Expectations low today; if anything moves, it will be in the morning. Fish the best hour hard and keep the rest short.
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The North Coast Regional District entry here is Fortune Lake, in British Columbia. The sea is 4 km distant. About 3 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Our North Coast Regional District list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Prince Rupert, 18 km off. For a city, Vancouver is 731 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.
There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for North Coast Regional District cover pink salmon, Coho salmon, Chum salmon and sockeye salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Fortune Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.
The year swings from about 0°C in January to roughly 14°C in August. The season stretches long at both ends here. It should never be assumed safe, whatever the month says. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. It sets the rhythm of the year at Fortune Lake. Wind on the bank for a day or two lifts the fishing there.
Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Balagno Lake at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Fortune Lake for certain.
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