Steelhead - Lake Pateros

Steelheading in Lake Pateros (backwater of the Columbia River at the mouth of the Methow River) has been very good. One of the customers just returned from a week of fishing here and had "Great" results. There are lots of fish being caught by both the bank and boat anglers fishing floats and jigs tipped with prawn. The jig of choice has been "Mac's" Rock Dancer Jigs in Black or Black / Cerise combinations. He mentioned that around 2/3 of the fish landed were wild fish that have to be released. Still lots of fun though!

Fishing should hold up for quite some time to come. Most everyone has mentioned that this is some of the best fishing that they have seen in years.