I almost cancelled my planned fishing trip to Lake Wenatchee, as the forecast was for a pretty windy day. But I really wanted to get my friend Eric Granstrom out for some sockeye, so we took a chance. When we arrived, the wind was blowing alright, but I thought if we could get our fish early we would miss the worst of it. Figured I would have to troll into the wind to keep my speed down to the 1mph I wanted, so I ran down to West Point and turned up lake. I had a very slow day on Wednesday and wasn’t sure what to expect on Thursday. Turned out the bite was back on. We had two fish in the box by the time we passed Rollie Schmitten’s home. We continued trolling against an increasing breeze and catching fish at a good pace. Well before we reached to top end we punched our last fish and headed for the dock. Three red hooks was the ticket. The wind was blowing very hard now, making docking difficult, and it was threatening rain as well. We left the dock with a bright rainbow over the white-capped water.
It was a stormy day on Lake Wenatchee on Friday, but Eric Granstrom and I had a great time catching sockeye.