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Alta Lake Report
Okanogan County, WA

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05/31/2019
66° - 70°
Casting
Largemouth Bass
Sunny
Plastics
Morning
66° - 70°
06/04/2019
4
7705

Spent a beautiful morning fishing at Alta Lake with my wife. The lake was very busy with over 8 powerboats and half dozen kayak anglers but we still found ample space to fish. Only two boats were fishing for trout and everyone else was taking advantage of the fantastic bass fishery at this lake. We made the morning interesting with a competition over who could get the biggest bass, loser would have to clean the bathrooms.

We primarily fished senkos but had a few fish grab on topwater early in the day. Color didn't seem to matter and the vast majority of the fish we caught fell in the lower end of the slot between 12-16". My wife won the day with a dandy 4 lb fish, her personal best. We also encountered a small stampeded of horses. Shortly after I encountered a couple of anglers who had a number of illegal sized bass in possession. I politely engaged them on the subject and I hope they did the right thing. With declining salmon, steelhead, and trout fisheries in the region interest and participation in bass fishing is growing but we need folks to adhere to the regulations if we are to maintain our quality bass fisheries.


Comments

stevertd2010
6/4/2019 7:35:47 PM
Glad to hear others that appreciate and enjoy warm water species fishing and understand the importance of protecting that. Please let the director of WDFW know how you feel. Bass are not the enemy of trout fisherman. Great bass and so much fun when that moment happens.
Cheers!
hewesfisher
6/5/2019 7:42:17 AM
Another great report and video. I always read your reports regardless of where you fish. :-)
fisherman92
6/5/2019 1:39:18 PM
Great report. Always kind of awkward but needed to inform people of the regs. Looks like one fun lake a great trip!
The Quadfather
6/8/2019 8:29:45 PM
Thanks for the report, Tyler.
(We met at North 40, last week)— I was going over to Idaho/Sandpoint.. you sent me to Robinson.
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