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Hey guys :) Finally got back out to the lake and got to fish with Quadfather finally! We were a little slow getting out to the lake and to our surprise there were 5-6 people already in the Mission Bay catching fish right in front of us as we set up. I thought we'd be the only crazy ones fishing out in the cold but the people already there were out a jon boat, pontoon, even a person wading up to their hips, and not one single big boat with a cover was out there. Go figure.

We were out on the water roughly 10:30am I believe and fished it right up around 4:30pm. Toes were a freezing :) I took my pontoon out towards one of my favorite spots and wasn't getting much more then a few bites. I had to go a little deeper to find the fish as the day went on. But the trick for me that worked that day was hugging the shoreline where the steep rocks came down and slowly trolling a olive woolly bugger with a striped orange body. Took me changing out 3-4 of my favorite flies before settling on that one.

I believe together we brought 9 fish to hand, the big ones being 20" or a little more and 3lbs. A few small in the 14-15" and the rest 16-18. Good little variety. I think I need to sharpen my hooks, or maybe it's because I'm a little rusty and slow to the draw on setting the hook, but I feel like I lost twice as many as I caught. Always getting bites and then had a few hookups for only moments, another few lost maybe 10 feet away, haha, ah well, all part of it I suppose.

I'll put a few pictures in here. Of all the fish I only saw one male in the bunch and of course that's the one I didn't get a picture of. Their colors really come out this time of year, pretty fish, wish I'd have snapped a quick picture of him but he wasn't too happy in the net.

Hopefully I'll get out there again before the special regulation kicks in. Tight lines all.

The Quadfather

2/16/2016 10:43:00 PM

He makes it sound like "We" caught 9 fish, (He actually brought 8 fish to the boat, and I just one). Still was a great time. (-:

cobrar543

2/17/2016 10:03:00 AM

I just went to the Washington Fish and Wildlife page to get a map to the ramp so I could go soon. Dare you to try to find it. Nothing. I tryed 4 different types of searches and nothing. But I will adapt and over come and make it in the next few weeks.!!

mwdehaan

2/17/2016 4:40:00 PM

Cobrar- Just put this into google maps as your destination, should mark you the correct map right to the Mission Bay. It's the only place I'd consider having a ramp on the lake currently but the dock is gone... may have floated half way down the lake again. You can launch from other beaches but you risk digging into the sand and having issue unless it's a very light boat. The other two beaches are on a different road but let me know if you want their spots as well. Guess it depends what you're fishing from. Let me know if you need the directions for the other beaches.

499 North End Omak Lake Rd, Omak, WA 98841

I'll put up a post real quick in the forums under Lake Fishing for the map for Omak Lake, it lists the 3 beaches. When you zoom in on google maps you can just right click the beach and select directions here. Voila :) Enjoy the fishing.

namaycush

2/18/2016 5:45:00 PM

The bathymetric map of Omak helps pinpoint structure, of which there is very little, since most of the lake is over 300' deep.

strider43

3/1/2016 8:11:00 AM

Ha Ha, I love that lake and will be heading over weekend after next for my spring scouting of the lake. Tight lines!

pnwfishers

3/2/2016 1:22:00 PM

Anyone know if this lake will be any good for bank fishing??

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