Went out and tried my luck shore fishing at Bridgeport State Park on Rufus Woods. It was my first time out there. I knew I would likely have little to no action from the shore, but I needed to get out of the house and try anyways.

From reading other reports, it seems like an awesome fishery! With the promising triploid rainbow trout others have caught, I decided to leave my ultralight Shimano rod/reel combo w/ 6# test in the car and I brought my new Christmas gift from my parents.

Parents got me a Lamiglas Redline Med/Heavy Fast Action 9'6" rod and Pfleuger President LE Spinning Reel. I'm hoping to use it as my entry level steelhead/salmon rod. Needless to say, it was fun to break it in and let it fly with some weight.

I fished for about 2-2.5 hours with no bites. I'm running 20lb Trilene braid with 6lb flurorcarbon leader. I tried spinning spoons, and even threw on a Rapala shad rap for fun. No luck. Switched to baitcasting off the bottom as far out from shore as I could get (it drops off pretty quickly around the swim area). I tried shrimp flavored salmon eggs and then standard green powerbait, no hits.

Weather was lightly snowing, wind picked up around noon and it got cold.

Would love any and all advice/tips/recommendations on other good winter fisheries around the Brewster/Wenatchee/Omak/Okanagon areas as I live in Brewster.

If anyone is planning a trip and has experience, I'd love to tag along should you have an open seat in the boat. I'm relatively new but have most everything I need and gas $$$ of course.

Thanks!

Brad