Yellow Lake

                                                          

            Yellow Lake lies along highway 3A between Kaleden and Olalla, just beyond the Twin Lakes golf course. This was basically a barren lake until the late “60’s” when an enterprising young fisheries biologist suggested an aeration system. This has been a tremendous success that it is a wonder more of our little mountain gems have not been converted to this system.

            The lake is liberally stocked annually, much to the delight of both ice fishermen and the summer anglers. Half the shoreline is easily fished by the land locked angler, and a boat launch at the Keremeos end provides an easy access for smaller boats, belly boats and kayaks. There is ample parking at either end with bathrooms facilities. Again the Olalla/Keremeos end has the best facility with running water and heat.

            I finally had a few hours the other day so zipped out to wet the first line on the season. It was a cloudy and cool day, but still reasonably pleasant and in a half hour I had hooked on to a couple of small fish.

            The message seems to be slowly getting through, but I was still disappointed with the amount of litter along shore shores and edges of the water. Have a good summer on the lakes and keep packing out what you pack in.