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01/24/2016
Steelhead
All Day
01/25/2016
3
2169

Well, I've been wanting to target steelhead in lake pateros for a couple years now and with the west side rivers blown out this weekend, I decided to make the trip. With the methow closed and only being able to fish from Brewster to to Bridgeport, I knew there was a chance for it to be slow.

We fished all day Friday & Saturday and Sunday morning. We 50/50 pulled plugs and drifted jigs tipped with shrimp. we ended up getting NO fish on Sunday morning, 4 on Friday and 3 on Saturday. 6 Total steelhead and 1 triploid. Triploid was roughly 4 pounds while the steelhead ranged from 5-9 lbs.

We fished HARD and hammered a few of the main drifts with the kitchen sink. Of the 6 total steelhead, three were hatchery while the other 3 were "native" (yea right) and safely let go.

It's a fun fishery and only saw 3 other boats on the water the whole weekend.


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barmstrong2853
1/27/2016 5:36:00 AM
Did you find a jig or plug worked better than others?
Krapmit
1/28/2016 1:48:00 PM
got two on plugs...one on a 40 hot shot and the other on a 3.5 mag lip.

As far as jigs, I don't see how it matters too much as you're tipping them with a good sized shrimp tail. We stuck with pinks and oranges as that's what mostly used by the guides up there.
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