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Originally Posted by cohod

suggested lakes are all good Quennel lake being the best in my opinion

Spider lake would be a close second (and closer to Campbell river) has good Bass as well as some decent trout access is good look for Horn lake road off the island island hwy (half way between Qualicum and Bowser)...follow the signs

"Spider lake full of Large mouth and smallies"

only Small mouth in Spider Lake BBJ no Large mouth any ware on the Island

cohod

Originally Posted by sheephunter

No largemouth in Spider but it is one heck of a smallmouth fishery. There are no largemouth on the Island. Quennel is my favourite. Seen smallmouth over 6 pounds there.

Vancouver Island:
Diver Lake - Near Hwy 19, 7 km. N. of Nanaimo, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Long Lake - 16 km. NW. of Nanaimo, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Quennell Lake - 7 km. SE. of Cedar, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Shawnigan Lake - 50 km. N. of Victoria, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Elk and Beaver Lakes - 13 km. N. of Victoria, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Prospect Lake - 18 km. N. of Victoria, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Glen Lake - W. of Victoria, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Holden Lake - SE. of Hwy 1 near Cedar, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Langford Lake - NW. of Victoria, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Matheson Lake - SW. of Victoria, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Spider Lake - S. of Dunsmuir, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass
Young Lake - NW. of Sooke, B.C. - Smallmouth Bass

I stand corrected but am 99 % sure it was a big ole bucketmouth , I gotta dig up pictures .