What’s hot is
Sockeye Salmon fishing at the mouth of the Okanogan River at Brewster. Also hot is the early morning “big fish”
bite on Lake Chelan, just below Wapato Point. For a change of pace, Wapato Lake is
pumping out bull bluegill around a pound a piece.
The Sockeye are in the
Upper Columbia. And boy, are there
a lot of people fishing for them! Fish the edge of the old channel just
above the depth you mark them on your sonar. Pull big chrome dodgers with a short
heavy leader back to a big Mack’s Lures Wedding Ring baited with a piece of
Pautzke Fire Cured Shrimp. You can
also get some Chinook fishing Super Baits behind a rotating flasher. Fill those Super Baits with oil based
tuna and dip them in Pautzke’s Krill Juice. Strap on your patience as there were 345 boats on
Saturday on the Columbia at the mouth of the Okanagon.
Lake Trout continue to
bite trolled Worden Lures T4 purple glow flatfish on the Bar early in the
morning on the outrigger rods. By
about nine or so look for groups of fish in the trench. Then troll Mack’s Lures Cha Cha
Squidders baited with a strip of Northern Pikeminnow through them. Look for those groups on your sonar in
depths of 175 to 245 feet deep.
Fish Wapato Lake near
the weedline for a shot at some bull bluegill. I saw one angler with a bucket of one
pound bluegill as well as some jumbo perch. A worm under a bobber will work
here.
Your fishing tip of the
week is to keep your set backs short when you are in that combat fishery at the
mouth of the Okanogan. Twenty feet
back is plenty. More setback will
lead to tangles with other anglers.
Yes, that does have a double meaning.
The kid’s tip of the
week is to bring their favorite snack and drink along. It will help to keep them happy and
hydrated. This summer weather can
parch them otherwise.
The safety tip of the
week is to really keep a sharp lookout when running now. You’ve got to have your head on a
swivel. Otherwise, you could find
yourself swerving into the path of a passing boat when you are trying to miss
one of the many pieces of floating woody debris out there.
7/23/12 - Pictured: Cadin Touchette
with his dad, Brett of Damascus, OR and his 17 pound Lake Chelan Mackinaw.
The fished with the Cardwells, also of Damascus, OR.
7/21/12 - Also Pictured: Craig Adams of Pasco, Wa
with his 18 pound Lake Chelan Mackinaw. He fished with his wife Eva, Tony
& Janmei Perez as well as Robert and Val Fisher.
7/20/12 - Finally Pictured: The Gallo's of
Puyallup with their mornings catch of Brewster Pool
Sockeye.
