I have long advocated that every good idea is worth supporting and even stealing. We have lakes that are being taken over, or have been taken over in the Smithers – Telkwa area, and it seems the rational is if we ignore them the problem is not a problem. Well some brilliant people got together and started a group called “So Long Suckers” a great idea that could and should be replicated where needed, like Tyee Lake, Round Lake and a completely wasted lake called Seymour Lake. I am not sure if it was the Kinsman or Lions Club back in the 60’s wanted to clear the squawfish out of this lake with fishing derbies. But according to experts Rotenone was needed to kill this pest before they could stock this lake with trout.
Now it seems to be a lake plagued with consequences of years of neglect caused primarily by land owners who use the lake as drinking water, while their septic effluents leak into the lake may be causing a problem with cyanobacteria blooms? Also plaguing the lake as a result caused by landowners on the lake, invasive plants like Yellow Flag Iris and the extremely invasive Yellow Floating Heart. The Quote from the Interior news “the Japanese aquatic plant was introduced when a resident used it to decorate their lakefront property in the early 2000s. She said biologist and lake resident Allen Banner first noticed the plant spreading rapidly in 2012.”
In the winter residents are posting signs about dog poop on the ice, seriously? Their own worst enemy is their own septic tanks in springtime when they overflow into the lake. The we have the town of Smithers and this massive property that was designated to the residents of Smithers on the North side of the lake. Smithers needs a proper long term plan for this lake, it should not become the exclusive property of foreshore residents. The lake next door (Biglow Lake) does not share the problem of Seymour Lake and its tiny bu comparison. They used to stock this lake for seniors and handicap people, but the lake is too small to sustain the trout planed there. Its time for a second look at Seymour lake as a better alternative for stocked lakes for the benefit of all Smithers residents.
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