Kinaskin Lake

View from our campsite on Kinaskin Lake

As many of you know, Kinaskin Lake Provincial Park is one of our very favorite places to camp on the Cassiar Highway.  The pristine water is lovely.  The campsites sit right on the lake.  And for those of you who remember our beautiful Roxanne, she loved swimming here and sunning herself. 

So we found ourselves once again enjoying the view.  This time we not only had Calypso with us but also fishing licenses.  We blew up the boat, donned our life vests, and proceeded to catch some major lake trout.  Unfortunately, our first attempt left us searching the pantry for supper.  

Undaunted, we knew if was probably because we were use to fishing for bass, not trout.  That evening, one of our favorite camp hosts, Margaret, came by and offered suggestions for the morning catch.  So we took note and first thing the next morning we were back on the water fishing the opposite direction we had gone the afternoon before.  Still no luck.

Midday we took our poles and hiked a mile up the lake near a creek inlet and tried to fish from shore. Still no luck.  Finally, we sailed Calypso on the lake again late that afternoon.  Nary a bite. Margaret told us that hardly anyone had been catching fish.  Perhaps it was the weather… it had been in the 90s during the day.  

Margaret asked David how long he wanted to fish.  David laughed and said, "As long as the motor lasts."

View of campsites from Kinaskin Lake

That evening a lovely young couple arrived with four children and a very large trailer.  David helped the young man back his trailer into the spot next to us.  We all had a good chat.  Then the gentleman dropped the tailgate to his pickup, and we saw an enormous generator. It would be loud and noxious.  We decided to leave the next morning and let them have their fun.  

So we lashed Calypso to the top of the rig.  Hopefully the fish would be biting at Boya Lake.