Lake Wenatchee Info

We checked with Fish and Wildlife on the catch counts minus the new fish coming over the dam at Tumwater.    As of Friday evening, looks like two more days of fishing are pretty much assured.  Next week is looking much more touch and go.  For those interested in more detail, here is the math vitamin:  [...]

You can buy fishing licenses on line,  you need to visit a dealer to get a catch card.  We were visited by Fish and Game this afternoon while fishing.  We needed to show, licenses, catch cards, coolers, hooks and nets.  All polite and professional, however the ticket book was at the ready.

The east gusts last evening “launched” my plastic yellow fish cooler off my dock an into the water.  If you found it I would appreciate getting it back, it is a key component in the minimize slime in the ski boat project…   email admin@lakewenatcheeinfo.com or give me a call at (509) 763-9246  thx Rob

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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