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By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/21/2019
Species: Burbot
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First time ice fishing this lake for Burbot. My general impression of burbot fishing is that it is very hit or miss. I drilled a line of holes from 30' to 15' and started in deep water working shallow...
By: fisherman92
Posted: 8/24/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the weekend over near loomis last weekend. We never have fished Palmer so we gave it a shot. Great lake with tons of area to fish. Originally were going to target smallies but the largemouth see...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/26/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This was my 3rd trip up to this lovely lake nestled in the Okanogan near the Canadian border. The lake was once renowned for its kokanee fishery but several years of drought and extreme heat led to a ...
By: Bait Waster
Posted: 6/21/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The lake is still at early spring levels but the launch at Split Rock is usable. We made it to the lake about 7:30 AM and were the only trailer in the parking lot. It was one of those mornings where t...
By: DAR
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for Smallmouth bass and did really well. Lots of dinks biting but did get 5 over 14". One was 3.25lbs. Water is stained and about 8' above normal summer level. We did see a large kokanee roll...
By: RRanger66/67
Posted: 4/30/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My grandson, son, and I hit Palmer expecting poor fishing for Kokanee , and that is what we got. Kokanee seemed nonexistent....still highly impacted by the copepod infestation from last year. One bi...
By: RRanger66/67
Posted: 5/23/2016
Species: Burbot
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My son , a buddy, and I fished Palmer from the 19th -21st of May. The kokanee are being highly impacted by a "copepod" infestation of gills, mouth, and fins....seems to really have affected the feedi...
By: DougC
Posted: 6/22/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2015
Hot Spots: 3
On the lake fishing in the evening of the 15th and then morning and evenings bites through the 18th.Took us two days to figure out where on the lake , when on the lake , and what on the lake as my BIL...
By: Ganno
Posted: 5/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Palmer for two days limited each day on fish that were smaller than last time out average fish about twelve inches largest maybe fifteen . Fished wedding ring baited with shoe peg corn started ...
By: antilon
Posted: 4/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/10/2015
Hot Spots: 2
My wife and I drove up to Palmer Lake yesterday from Chelan. It was pretty windy which made it hard to troll but we managed to get a few Kokanee in the boat and lost a bunch more. If the wind had died...
By: robholman
Posted: 4/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2015
Hot Spots: 2
My brother-in-law Paul and I fished Palmer Lake in Okanagon County for kokanee with Jerrod & Tom Gibbons and "Stump" of Okanagon Valley Guide Service. We had an outstanding day! We fished with Moneyma...
Posted: 3/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a day on the water up at Palmer Lake. Got kind of a late start but still began hitting fish right away. Found the fish from 10' down to 25' in 50-60' of water. Purple Liminator Lures with Silver ...
Posted: 3/25/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Had to check out our local lake here in the okanogan valley called Palmer Lake. This is always good when the ice comes off and was looking forward to the size this season. It was all I could expect! W...
By: Ganno
Posted: 3/12/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/8/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Actually fished three days the last day was the 8th.Fish were scattered and hard to find but were of nice size up to sixteen inches. the weather was perfect for fishing but maybe not for catching. Fu...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 9/9/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning at Palmer lake for kokanee. On Monday 1 caught 2 fish in 50-60 FOW and caught the fish at around 40ft down with a small dodger and a homemade red spinne...
By: kenimes
Posted: 8/16/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Up to the lake for the weekend to mow and water in preparation for Labor Day weekend, and of course, made some time for fishing.
Did some trolling for the Koks that were biting Memorial Day weekend...
By: BIGHORNBILLY
Posted: 6/29/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Palmer for my first time June 27,, targeting Kokanee. First light, my stepdad and I launched at Split Rock, and, (just guessing), cruised to the North End. The lake was very calm, there was alm...
By: Ganno
Posted: 6/27/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for one weak in the Okanogan area several different lakes and Ruffus Woodsl had a ball as all areas produced many fish, but back to Palmer lake Kokanees the fishing was fantastic The fish were...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 5/4/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy and I decided to make a trip up to Palmer Lake, and got to the launch area around 11:45. It was raining pretty hard, so we sat in the parking lot waitng to see if it would slack up a bit. As we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/4/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is much different from last years early season. Fish are smaller, 12 inch max but most are smaller. I think we are catching some of next years fish
By: purplegrey
Posted: 8/27/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got up to Palmer for an evening of fishing. Lake was calm and it was still very warm when we got to the lake. Ran up and fished the rocky shore at the north end. Got some little smallmouths and lots o...
By: coyote9king
Posted: 6/29/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Slow. In 34 years of fishing this lake, this is the slowest I've ever had. Oh yea, I've been skunked before
but this is the worst it's been for me and all I've talked to. Must be the weather or somet...
By: kenimes
Posted: 6/11/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Out to the lake for Memorial Day weekend. A lot of time spent out in front of the house fishing with my 5yr old, cathcing perch and a few rainbows and some small bass, but when my brother and I made i...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/22/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2 of a 3 day trip. We put out some kokanee gear first thing in the morning, but didn't really give it much of a try (only 2 hours). Word was that the kokanee weren't biting. We caught two, one ...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/22/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Day 1 of a 3 day trip. We were looking for largemouth or smallmouth, but conditions lead us to hit the flooded willows, mainly targeting largemouth. The weather was beautiful, mid 70's with moderate...