Lake Wenatchee Info

Seemed like a fun idea to gather creative recipes to go with all the sockeye being grilled around the lake.  Here is a starter:  The natural orange flesh of the sockeye below is enhanced by Tom Douglas’s  “Rub with Love, Salmon Rub”, sides of Wallawalla Sweets, Yellow Peppers, and Zucchini basted with olive oil [...]

The first boats headed up lake around 5 am to greet the 2008 sockeye season.  There were about 75 boats out by 7:30.  General impression was slow until the sun rose then there was lots of action on all sorts of gear.  I only had a ‘knot free’ fly fishing net, I made it work…
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A bit more activity, mostly boats returning, “limited out”. 8 rigs at the ramp 2 launching 6 retrieving. A couple of interviews indicates that fishing is excellent, as expected, estimates of about 100 boats fishing, 1 - 1/1/2 hours to limit for 2 - 3 persons. Not a whisper of wind on the lake. ADF&G [...]

At 5:25 this morning (wednesday) I grabbed a fresh cup of coffee, my camera, and headed to the State Park to see how busy the boat ramp was. I was quite surprised to see very few persons launching boats. I talked to the Park Ranger that was collecting ‘launch’ fees, and she said it had [...]