Fishing

Pearrygin Lake

With multiple accesses including a state park, private resort and a fish and wildlife department ramp, Pearrygin Lake is often the first stop for westside anglers doing a spring trout tour of the Okanogan. It's always generously stocked and produces well on the opener. Best fished in spring and...

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Little Twin Lake

Little Twin's confines are managed on a split season with a catch and release summer fishery under selective fishing rules and a kill opportunity in the off-months.

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Big Twin Lake

Popular among locals and knowledgeable passers-through, Big Twin is managed under selective fishing rules and a one fish a day limit for yields of bigger rainbows.

1456 days ago
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Patterson Lake

On the road to Sun Mountain Lodge, Patterson is an often-overlooked "locals" lake that produces fair catches for spring anglers, but it warms quickly. Planted trout have to compete directly with its perch.

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Green Lake

Two waters forming a long coulee type sliver lake are included in this complex. The Greens are uniquely managed for combination summer-winter fisheries, which involve catch and release in the summer and a clearance fishery through the winter.

1487 days ago
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Sidley Lake

Known for both its shoreline access (thanks to the highway), a rarity in the Okanogan, Sidley also is a winter ice-fishing mecca. The daily trout limit is two. Sidley used top have Lahontan cutthroat because of its alkaline chemistry, but at only 22 feet deep it was subject to fish kills in the ...

1487 days ago
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Blue Lake

One of at least three so-named lakes in central Okanogan, this Blue is alkaline and features Lahontan cutthroat. Selective gear rules are in effect and anglers may take only one of the trophy cutts away each day.

1487 days ago
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Wannacut Lake

A slightly saline water chemistry (from magnesium sulfate) can create a dead zone (no oxygen) in the lower reaches of its 158-foot depths, but the grown-in-lake rainbow trout still do fairly well in the top-water. Anglers also might still dredge up a leftover Lahontan.

1487 days ago
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Chopaka Lake

It's 2,900-foot plus elevation sometimes keeps Chopaka chilly and a slow starter, but its relative isolation nominates it as one of this state's premier fly-fishing waters. Motors of any kind are banned and the governing rule is fly fishing only.

1487 days ago
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Whitestone Lake

Largemouth bass tolerate it's alkaline water in is long, shallow confines and management is aimed at producing fair sized bass.

1487 days ago
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Aeneas Lake

It's fly fishing only here and the rules even prohibit the use of electric motors. The daily limit is one trout.

1487 days ago