MIKE LAKE

This morning I went to Mike Lake to go fishing.

They had stocked it two weeks ago and I thought there might be some left.

Mike Lake is just a few miles North of Maple Ridge on the road to Alouette Lake.

It is a well maintained road but only open to the public during daylight hours.

It has a decent size parking lot close to a small wharf at the Southwest corner of the lake.

However, the wharf is in three sections.  The fist section closest to dry land is mounted on concrete supports, with a metal ramp  on the end to allow for rise and fall of the water level.

The second, and first floating, section of the wharf is, for some reason, not floating very high above the water on the shore end.

When you step on the metal plate it forces the end of the float below the surface.

OK, I’m overweight, but not by that much.

Ankle high boots are sufficient to keep your feet dry and the wharf will hold your weight and is fairly stable once you get to the middle.

However, the second, and second section of floating, section of the wharf system, has the same problem. If you step on the North end of the section it tends to drop below the surface of the water.

Though the water looks clear and placid I don’t think one wants to end up in the water.

Because the water is clear one can see that the bottom of the lake is covered with bodies. Bodies of fish.

Some fresh kill, some partially decomposed and some merely skeletons.

I had no desire to eat any fish that would be caught in such waters so I packed up and went home, without baiting a hook.

Why the fish are dead I have no idea.