The power of triploids

DAMN!! Dat's a big 'bow!!!! Rufus Woods holds some monsters.

Z

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   Holy Cow!   

That is one well fed fish!

Locally, they're called "fatfish", for more than one reason. They're big and greasy!

A friend of mine was over there last week and reported 20 fish in 3 hours. It should stay good for a while, with walleye starting to show up regularly.

Yakker, did you make it over there?

Locally, they're called "fatfish", for more than one reason. They're big and greasy!

A friend of mine was over there last week and reported 20 fish in 3 hours. It should stay good for a while, with walleye starting to show up regularly.

Yakker, did you make it over there?

Pisco-- I did indeed.  It was a beautiful day to paddle- not a cloud in the sky and warm enough so that I was in t-shirt only top.  Put in at Bridgeport  State Park by the Chief Joseph damn.  Saw a shaker 12-14" caught and released but that was all.  I never got a bite and talked to others who didn't do well either.  Seems the weather was too nice for the trout to bite, at least that was the joke.  Some days are like that-- but it was a great morning for a paddle and the other fishermen were all really nice people.

Sunday went up to Lake Omak.  What a beautiful setting and I was the only boat on the lake.  Cloudy that day but not a whisper of a breeze--so again a great day for a paddle.  No fish again-- sigh.  Saw bugs on the lake surface but never once a ripple of a rising fish.

At Rufus on Saturday, a fly fisherman could probably have done well, saw many risers.  On Omak Lake it still seems to be winter.  Fun weekend anyway.

Rob.

No rises at Omak? That surprises me, though the nice weather is not the best for the Lahontans. I usually do best (of shore) when it's cold and windy- the wave action seems to give them a sense of cover. I usually fly fish, there, too, off of Cow Beach on the S end. Mostly with a woolly muddler pattern, though there's often good hatches later on that will tempt me. What part of the lake were you on?

Hey PS, is Rufus nearby where you're at? If so we gotta hookup there this year. Any other lakes you recommend in your part of the state?

Z

No rises at Omak? That surprises me, though the nice weather is not the best for the Lahontans. I usually do best (of shore) when it's cold and windy- the wave action seems to give them a sense of cover. I usually fly fish, there, too, off of Cow Beach on the S end. Mostly with a woolly muddler pattern, though there's often good hatches later on that will tempt me. What part of the lake were you on?

North end of the lake--I wanted to fish the south end but the highway or road seemed to turn away from the lake so I u-turned and went back to the north end access.  Must have been some kind of forest fire on that west ridge-- say Pisco- do they allow camping at Omak Lake?

Bah, triploids schmiploids.  This is a wild, native trout from a certain large lake in Southern Oregon (that happens to have a huge area of marsh and springs on its north shore that are ideal for kayak angling):

That's one big fish     I camp at Bridgeport State Park a couple times a year and always bring my kayak.  My son lives over there so we combine a nice visit with a little fishing on the side.  Many of the big triploids are caught way down the lake near "the pens" , where they raise these fish commercially.  The guy camped next to me made the run down to the pens every morning and returned with limits of triploids up to 10 lbs each.  I fished just across from the State Park and down to the Dam and caught nothing larger than 1 1/2 pounds or so.  I use a troll with a wedding ring and worms and manage to catch plenty of these "smaller" fish.

The hardware store in Bridgeport sells some fishing gear and worms.  Wind can be a big problem and will keep you off the water sometimes.  I plan on towing the trailer over there several times this year and will post a fishing report when I get back.


 

Thats a purdy redband..

I've never seen more general wildlife then around that certain southern Oregon lake..

Bah, triploids schmiploids.  This is a wild, native trout from a certain large lake in Southern Oregon (that happens to have a huge area of marsh and springs on its north shore that are ideal for kayak angling):

I gotta admit-- when it comes to nice fishing opportunities-- you guys in Oregon don't need to take a back seat to anybody

Happy Fishing

Rob.

Bah, triploids schmiploids.  This is a wild, native trout from a certain large lake in Southern Oregon (that happens to have a huge area of marsh and springs on its north shore that are ideal for kayak angling):

That is a beauty. The non-trip is definitely a more coveted fish.
Will have to put that lake on my list! Your secret is safe w/ me.

Z

Zee- Rufus (Brandt's Landing) is a little more than an hour from where I'm at, in the Methow. Kind of have to take one of two circle routes to get there. One way is down the Methow to the Columbia, then upstream to Bridgeport and the Chief Joe Dam. The other is take Hwy 20 over to Omak, then take the Columbia River Road (past Omak Lake, for the twofer deal ) to Rufus. The road hits Rufus about 15 miles up from Chief Joe, then follows the N shore to Nespelem and Grand Coulee. There are a series of net pens along this area.

Yakker- Yes on the camping, though the formal campground is not in a very convenient place. It's off a different road (not Columbia River Road), and the bay it is on is closed for fishing during the spring. The Confederated Tribes have a fish trap there for broodstock collection (there's little or no natural production) and have had trouble with the trap being raided.

BTW, not all the bows in Rufus and FDR (above Grand Coulee) are freaks. There are a fair number of native rainbows, probably landlocked steelhead. They're every bit as gorgeous as 3wt's fish from the "xipper" lake.

Hi All,
Don "Danglin" Anglin turned me on to your site.  I caught a rainbow like this in a giant algae pond in Southern Oregon over 25 years ago, before I had a kayak.  It was the only fish I ever caught there in 4 years.  Does your lake have a southern counterpart?  If so, I know more spots with fishy springs.  And some of the best kayak crawdad fishing in the west.
I live in West Sonoma County now, keep my business (Kayakfishing.com) in Malibu and share a cabin Near Happy Camp on the Klamath.  I have a bit of a stake in this kayak fishing thing and it's real nice to see the sport moving up the Pacific with such a nice forum.  It's hard for to find time to surf so many web sites so I'll read when I can and definately post when I'm heading north to fish.  Feel Free to contact me anytime for anything.
Dennis Spike

PS the pic, circa 2004, is my nephew Zach Spike with his grandmother, the lady who got me started fishing nearly 50 years ago. Zack's first fish on a pay-pond (Granny was barely ambulatory at the time....a new knee and 2 new hips later, she walks!) he's since been whacking wild? fish.