Kawkawa Lake — Attraction in Hope

I GO JUST TO FISH FOR THE PRIZED KOKANEE, IF KOKANEE WERE PLENTIFUL AT OTHER LAKES CLOSE BY. I WOULD GO THERE IMMEDIATELY !!! THESE "HIGH POWERED ENGINES" WATER SKI BOATS AND THERE TUBERS AND WATER SKIERS DESTROY THE LAKE FOR SMALL FISHING BOATS. THE SADDEST PART IS, ALL THIS HEAVY WATER SKIING ACTION TAKES PLACE AT THE BEST PEAK TIME FOR FISHING , JULY AND AUGUST. I BELIEVE SOMEONE IN CITY HALL LIVES ON THE LAKE WITH A HIGH POWERED JET BOAT. AND NO RESTRITIONS WILL EVER BE PUT IN PLACE. EVEN JUST CAPPING THE SIZE MOTOR TO 10 HP WOULD SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS FOR FISHERMAN, PADDLERS, CANOERS, KAYAKERS. NO ONE AT HOPE CITY HALL SEEMS TO CARE LESS ABOUT SAFETY. I BELIEVE ALL PAID OFF $$$ . BIG FACTS !!! 5 STARS FOR FISHING, 1 STAR...

Beautiful Lake, and a great fishery! The only downside is the obnoxious and mean home owners and locals in the area that believe they own all rights to the lake. So now my fishing is mostly early morning for the summer. but this is not an issue before the hot summer months. Is it not illegal to interfere with anglers or hunters?? The locals really are not nice to fishermen. (And I do not say that about all the locals) If you go fishing here for a hot summer day on the water you will see who doesn't like you there as they will Skii/wakeboard RIGHT BESIDE your boat.. and if you in something small it will make for a bad time bouncing...

The washrooms haven't been cleaned in over a month, the beach itself was tiny and incredibly crowded, and the water is also fairly murky and dirty looking. Genuinely shocked at the high rating this lake has. Maybe there are other public beaches and I just went to the nasty one, but I'd honestly just drive the 45 minutes to Cultus Lake and have a nice time there. The beach I visited at Kawkawa lake was the worst I've ever been to in...