Got my first chance to fish Omak Lake and only second chance to get into my first Lahontan Cutthroat on Saturday (5/24). This is a beautiful setting and a top notch fishery.

I was camped at Pearrygin over an hour away so made the trip into Omak Friday to get a tribal license and get a look at the roads and lake in the daylight. Was up at 0300 Saturday and was first one on the lake at about 0515.

Spent the first part of the day trolling around the north end of the lake and across the face of Mission Bay where I hooked my first ever Lahontan cuttie! It was breezy at first and then downright windy for a stretch before it settled into a clam flat day about mid morning. I ran various gear including a selection of spoons and plugs. The F7 chrome flatfish was by far the top producer and the chartreuse and green kingfisher spoon trolled behind a dodger also produced a fish and a follow-up. I fished depths from the surface to about 45 - 50 feet on the downrigger. All but one fish were hooked near the surface. Best speed seemed to be 1.3 - 1.7 depending upon what gear I was running.

All together I went 7 - 10 with the biggest fish pushing 3 pounds.

I think I could have produced more numbers and size as there was a cove that had many schools of fish in it, however when I was fishing there the wind made it nearly impossible to run boat and gear as desired while fishing by myself. I did pull the biggest fish of the day out of this area.

Finished about 1330 when I figured I had reached my proper cooking temperature and headed back to camp with a smile on my face!

Good luck and tight lines out there!

Fish Dawg