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By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/17/2020
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/12/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Recently WDFW has been more widely planting Tiger Trout across eastern Washington. Numerous lakes in Okanogan County now support these trout. My home lake near the town Brewster recently got a plant o...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 2/16/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/14/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The freeze thaw cycle has firmed up the ice on a number of small lakes in Okanogan county making walking on the ice much easier. Went out to Rat in search of Rainbow Trout sans a fishfinder. It took 1...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 2/9/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The warm up and refreeze helped to solidify the slush on the area lakes making travel much easier. I decided to break out my Korean gyeonji sticks and target some Rainbows on this selective gear rules...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/14/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/12/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Winter finally arrived in north-central Washington! I decided to fish my home lake and found 4" of good quality ice. Since the state did away with the split season on this lake it hardly sees any fish...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/24/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Took my new pedal drive kayak out for a spin on my local lake. Fall is rolling in hard on the Okanogan and I suspect the trout would be eager to feed. My suspicions were confirmed and I caught numerou...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/28/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I've been eagerly awaiting this year's ice season. A small warm spell in November set back the season but it is finally underway. Decided to hit my local Rainbow Trout lake for this year's first ice f...
By: Big D
Posted: 3/19/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by Rat lake last Friday to check the ice. The ice was running about 10" of good clear ice topped with about 5" of cloudy ice so back up to the truck to grab my gear and the dog. The trout are ...
By: jdochix
Posted: 3/28/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/26/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Fishing at Rat lake was decent. The water was very clear and could see four or five rainbows swimming around about twenty feet off the flat area to the right of the boat dock that provides great shore...
By: Big D
Posted: 2/9/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up to Rat Lake this morning with my son and a good friend of his. We fished for about four hours and were able to pull one nice 13" rainbow through the ice. Lots of light, quick bites but no gl...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My son, myself and a buddy headed up to Rat Lake this morning for our first time on the ice this year. We pulled into the parking lot right at 9:30 this morning and what did we see, The Game Warden's ...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I called a buddy yesterday evening after our day on Rat Lake and told him about our trip. It didn't take much arm twisting to get him to head back up with me to the lake today. We drilled two holes cl...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/19/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/19/2013
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I hit Rat Lake again this morning hoping that we could get rid of the skunk smell from two weeks ago. We were on the ice at about 10:00 am with only one other pickup in the parking area. We...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/5/2013
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I went up to Rat Lake to check out the early ice and fishing conditions. We found 4" clear ice close to the shore so we dropped power bait into a few holes and waited and waited and waited ...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I was able to get my son to play hooky from school today so we headed up to Rat Lake with a good buddy. There were two or three feet of fresh un-tracked snow on the ground from the cattle guard to the...
By: Big D
Posted: 12/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today started out with some terrible news. After receiving a Guided Steelhead trip with the guide of my choice as a Xmas gift from my wife I was looking online to find the greatest guide out there wh...
By: Little D
Posted: 1/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My dad (Big D) and I hit Rat Lake at around noon today. We tested the ice close to shore with a few holes drilled in about six inches of good clear ice. It seemed safe so we decided to walk around to ...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rat Lake
County: Okanogan
Latitude: 48.17591270696
Longitude: -119.80810116788
Driving Directions: Take Paradise Hill Road, Brewster, WA
Slow down and be careful at the cattle guard be...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2007
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Rat was killed off several years ago, so I've been wanting to get over and see how it's doing. I wasn't sure if the ice had gone off yet, so I was relieved to see open water. Water temp. is a brisk...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2006
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2006
Hot Spots: 0
This lake was rehabilitated by WDFW in May of 2005 to remove the thousands of bullhead catfish infesting its waters. The lake was re-stocked in July 2005 with 12,500 Rb & 4000 Brown Trout fry (3")
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/12/2004
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My 2 daughters had Friday off from school, so we headed over to try a old favorite lake of mine. This lake seasons were changed to almost exclusively to a winter season 4 years ago, so there's very...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/31/2001
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/31/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Only 4-5 bites using marshmallow and nightcrawler on this winter lake.
Lake changes to catch and release April 1 No fish caught, but it was good
to get out of the rain on the west side and wet a ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/1/1999
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/1/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Rat Lake is about 8 miles North of Brewster and is open Dec.1-March 31 There are rainbows, browns and dolly varden. Rat Lk used to open on Nov.1 and stay open till the end of May and provided a exc...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/1/1999
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Rat Lake is about 8 miles North of Brewster and is open Dec.1-March 31 There are rainbows, browns and dolly varden. Rat Lk used to open on Nov.1 and stay open till the end of May and provided a exc...