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It was a crazy day to be out steelhead fishing on the Okanogan, but I managed to hook and land is hatchery fish at Rattlesnake. I was fishing with Jerrod Gibbons, Okanogan Valley Guide Service, in his jet sled and the run down to the launch above the mouth was brutal!
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This nice cutthroat was the first fish landed on a float on the Yakima River with the boys from the Troutwater Fly Shop in Ellensburg. This was one of many trout taken by Jason Boitano. His brother and head guide Johnny was running the boat. Skwala nymphs with a San Juan Worm patter below really worked this day.
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Jason Boitano, a guide with the Troutwater Fly Shop in Ellensburg, holds up the big trout of the day he hooked on a recent trip on the Yakima River. Johnny Boitano was driving the boat and knew every spot that the trout would be hiding in and what they would eat.
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Jason Boitano (left) did the net work for his brother Johnny who stepped out of the boat to make a cast below a log jam on the Yakima River. He hooked this nice fish on his first cast. He put us onto double digit numbers of trout on the float, and I even hooked and landed a steelhead.
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I missed a ton of hits on my indicator while floating the Yakima River, but I hooked this one. I was introduced to the Farmland section by Johnny Boitano of the Troutwater Fly Shop in Ellensburg. His brother Jason joined us on the float, and caught a bunch of rainbow and a cutthroat.
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Rick Rovegno, Big Wally's Guide Service with one of 17 walleye our party of three landed while fishing at Lake Roosevelt. We caught fish on both the main lake and in the Spokane River using glo jigs tipped with a bit of nightcrawler.
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Rick Rovegno, Big Wally's Guide Service, holds the two fish that made for a double that he and I landed while fishing for walleye out of Two Rivers Marina on Lake Roosevelt. He, his son Hayden and I had a busy day on the water recently.
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Kent Bacon was easy to spot as he handed out the prizes at the Quincy Valley Tourism Association's Annua Tagged Trout Derby. Bacon was one of the organizers of the event and the QVTA is planning to continue with the derby that takes place the first weekend in March at the Quincy Lakes.
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This youngster is holding one of the rainbow he caught while fishing at Lake Caliche, near George. Caliche was rehabbed last year and planted last fall. The survival was excellent and fishing here is very good for rainbow averaging 12 to 13 inches.
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This happy angler shows off a big trout caught at the Tagged Trout Derby at Burke Lake. It turned out to be the winner of the biggest trout prize in the derby, and was worth $250.00! Fishing was very good at the derby in spite of very high winds.
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