I have wanted to fish Omak Lake since early this year, and it got so late I decided to wait until the North Embayment opened to boating. That was June 1st, so my fishing buddy Rollie Schmitten headed up there. Schmitten cast a fly while I got the boat set up for rigger fishing and he got quite a few hits, but nothing committed enough to hook. We got a nice fish near where we launched the boat and I chose to run down to the south end of the lake where I have caught buckets of the Lahontan cutthroat that inhabit Omak Lake. We got some fish here and then headed back to the launch area to spend the last hour of the day. Well, we never should have left. I started trolling in a tight circle with the downriggers set at just 14 feet. We were catching a fish every five minutes! Most of the cutthroat were 14 to 16 inches and I got one that was 19 inches. We caught all but one of the fish on a red and cream colored plug that is my favorite on Omak Lake. We did get one fish on a pearl and red Needlefish. If you haven’t ever fished Omak Lake give it a try. It is a beautiful spot and loaded with beautiful cutthroat.