Waterfront Cabin on Quesnel Lake
Listing Realtor
This is an excellent recreational property for the avid fisherman or family to enjoy. Quesnel Lake is stunningly beautiful and offers many great recreational opportunities. This 1 acre waterfront property is only 40 mins from Hwy 97 yet you feel like you are in remote BC; there are so many recreational opportunities right out your backdoor. For the avid fisherman this lake will produce with Rainbows, Steelhead, Dolly Varden, Lake Trout, Kokanee and even Sockeye Salmon gracing it’s waters. The fly fishing is top notch also with many stellar creeks/rivers flowing in and out of the lake. This is some of the most diverse freshwater fishing in BC and one of the province's best kept secrets. The lake is large and deep, taking in a total of 266 square kilometers, with multiple arms, so there are always new, sheltered bays to explore.
The property consists of a rustic partially finished cabin and garage/shed. The cabin is self sufficient, although needs work, but the bones are there. It’s setting is very picturesque and serene with stunning lakeviews and situated only steps to the lake. The pebble beach is great for swimming or enjoying the views in the evening while sitting around a beach fire reminiscing about the day’s events.
The cabin is a decent size with a kitchen with propane stove and fridge, full bathroom with hot running water (gravity fed from a cistern – water pumped from the lake), 2 bedrooms on the main, upper loft and a partially finished walkout basement. It works great as is for a rustic fishing retreat or finish it to be a nice summer cabin for the family. The community where the cabin is located is about 20 mins out of Likely and is small and quaint. The treed lots provide privacy and the majority of the homes/cabins are very well maintained.
Priced accordingly for the state the cabin is in. Take advantage of this great deal and get your own slice of Quesnel Lake waterfront!
Quesnel Lake:
There are a number of lakes in North America that hold what I call "super trout." These are unique bodies of water with rainbow trout that have the genetics and food sources to grow into the 20 lb-plus class. Kootenay Lake, Lake Pend Orielle, Naknek Lake and Lake Illiamna are probably the most well known of the super trout waters due to the number of fishing camps that service them and their tributaries. But the big four are not the only places where we find super trout. Lesser-known Quesnel Lake in the Cariboo region of British Columbia is another. Quesnel is probably the best kept fishing secret in all of North America largely due to the few outfitters on the lake and its remoteness. I rate Quesnel Lake as one of the top 10 big trout waters on this continent.
One of the reasons that Quesnel has such big rainbow trout is that the lake is a large body of water. Quesnel has a length of 120 km (75 miles) and is the deepest and longest fjord lake in North America. An initial inspection may give you the impression that Quesnel is a small sea and, just like the blue waters, the lake holds numerous fish species, including lake trout, Dolly Varden, sockeye, kokanee and the rainbow trout. This is not just a big trout fishery. There are smaller rainbows, from two to four pounds, that cruise the shorelines of the lake where they feed on insects and can be easily caught. But the trophy hunter will concentrate on the large mature fish.
The key to hunting the trophy rainbows is to understand their food source - the kokanee and sockeye salmon adults and smolts. These prey fish often feed on or near the surface in open water on zooplankton and that is the best time to hook into the big rainbows.
Other opportunities are when the rainbows are migrating to spawn in or feed at the mouths of the nearby Horsefly and Mitchell rivers. The sockeye also migrate in and out of the lake and the kokanee spawn in the lake. Both of these periods are opportune to catch the big rainbows that feed on them and their eggs.
Quesnel Lake is suitable for conventional angling and trolling fly fishing with large streamers. You are not going to be casting from a float tube on this lake, although numerous opportunities exist on the smaller waters nearby. Remember that the rainbows are feeding on the kokanee that are in turn feed on the zooplankton, which are feeding on the phytoplankton out in the lake. The wind and current are shuffling around the phytoplankton and zooplankton. The kokanee are moving a lot faster than you can catch up and then cast to so trolling is essential. The big rainbows are also solitary predators and the spacing between them can be considerable.
Courtesy of http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/angling/trophy/quesnellake.html
Rustic Cabin
Shed/Garage
Septic Tank installed
As at time of viewing.
