Okanagan Lake Reports

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July 17 2010

Out of town for a while so a couple of "late" reports.  Dave and his buddy Johnny fished the Fintry area for a bit today.  Slow fishing, Dave had one bow take his grn/whi Lyman but it left before it got to the boat.  Then John took this (photo) beauty!  Its not a pickerel John, put it back, quick!  That was it for their outing, Dave did say they were marking tons of fish all the way out from the Centre to Fintry.  My guess is that the big swarms are Kokanee, getting the same kind of readings on Shuswap Lake right now.  Thanks Dave!

July 6 2010

A couple of guys were out fishing on the weekend.  Greg and Nan hit their cabin again and fished the north end of the lake.  The lake was a bit rough with a south wind coming in and they only managed a couple of small bows.  However, when Greg was lounging on their deck with a cold beer (something he does very well!) he took this (photo) beauty!  Hey, its a fish and they are scrappy!

Jay T hit the south end of the lake, launching at the El.  His first problem was this (photo) boater who was having a few problems!  Jay wasn't sure what the malfunction was but, it did take a while to get it out.  Jay reports that fishing has been quite good, with lots of 2-3 lb bows taken on the east and west sides of the lake.  Best hooks are the grn/whi and Cop Car Coyote spoons pulled down at 45'.  This (photo) was just one of the fish he caught.

A combo report from Lars:" this was a great weekend for fishing. My  daughter crystal and son in law David came up with my new grand daughter Myia for the weekend.  On Friday we started out @ woods lake, (going for the easy catches). Crystal won the little tournament with 3 nice size  Kokanee and 1 northern pike minnow. David a happy second with 3 average Kokanee and the last but not least Lars with 2 Kokanee and a minnow. We saved a few for a tasty meal and released the remaining.  Saturday morning was  a  early   5: 30 start. We launched at  OK Center safe harbor and buzzed over to Okanagan resort area. David grabbed  a gold, black and red  #4 Lyman  and dragged it for about a1/2 an hour and came up with his first ever rainbow. 19 1/2 "with a weight on 3.25 pounds. He continued to get action on that color all day. Yes David was the fisher king. (David 3) Lars 0.  Had a blast trying to fish in 12 knot winds with 3 foot waves, great adventure for the new bee. Average depth of fish on sonar 30 to 45 feet water temp 67 degrees."

Thanks for all the reports guys!

June 26 2010

Jordan O. and his family got out on the lake fishing in the Mission Creek area.  He reports very slow fishing but tons of fish marking.  The fish of the day was caught by his brother Marcus, first one ever!  Marcus took this (photo) 2lber with a blue Trout Killer Apex down at 33'.  Jordan made him kiss the fish for good luck, nice brother!  Thanks Jordan.

Couple other guys were out as well.  Dave K. worked the Fintry area and took 3 big rainbows,6,7 and 8 lbs.  All were taken on a #98 4" Lyman at 49' and, I have no idea what color that is, Dave?  I think they do that so it makes you go to the Lyman website and look it up, not nice!  NO pics!  Dave forgot his camera at home this trip, no doubt he'll not make that mistake again!  Thanks Dave!  (he's fast, just got mail, the Lyman is mottled black on top with an off white belly).

Greg and Nan were fishing their usual spots up in the Whiteman Creek area.  Their best fish was a 8lb bow (photo) that took a Cop Car Apex behind a grn flasher down at 80'.  They also took others in the 16-18" range, Nan using her usual Trout Killer's pulled on the surface.  Three more weeks buddy!

June 14 2010

Marek got out for a couple hours again today, launching at the El, a bit of a boat test before his big salmon trip to the coast!  Two bows (PHOTO) and one Pike Minnow were it for the outing, which is pretty OK.  Good luck on the trip Marek and hope to see some nice salmon pics!

June 13 2010

Greg and Nan were out at their cabin on the north end of the lake this past weekend, here's their report:

 "Friday night took the fly rod to Whitemans creek. Picked up several bows in the 12-16 inch range as well as the usual squaw fish. One of the squaw fish a 12 incher while being retrieved for release got smacked by a large bow as it was a couple feet from the surface. Had the big guy on the line for a few seconds until he chewed through the poor old squaw fish so all I had to release was the head. Bow was in the 10 lb plus range.  Saturday morning had a 10-12 lber to the boat while taking a pic in the water he spit the hook so all I got was a shot of his ass end behind the motor.  Fish was heavy in spawn colors real nice dark green with the usual red.Took the pink glow Lyman at 40 feet infront of the creek. Couple other small guys and a couple small Koks.
 
Sunday morning had Nan land about a 16 incher from a surface pink trout killer and I beat her again with an 18 incher on a black cop car Apex at 40 feet again."

Dave U and Johnny were also out for a bit, here's their results:

"We got out today (used the South side boat launch....not too bad).The main launch has been destroyed by large commercial barges, in my opinion. Their scheduled to make repairs sometime this month.
 Just trolled around the Center. Saw lots of larger fish on fish finder, all between surface and 50' down. We tried apexes and plugs but nothing..... until....... the ''Grim Reaper" (a.k.a. Johnny) hooked into this (photo) lunker! He was caught on Pink Apex/ 8oz. and released.       Dave"

 

Thanks guys!!

June 11 2010

Dave and his buddy John fished OK Centre area for a bit.  They flogged it for most of the day and John finally took this (photo) real nice rainbow, on a pink Apex and 1 oz of weight.  A quick pic and the fish was off to grow bigger!  Dave said there were lots of fish marking from the surface to 70' but just not interested in biting.  Thanks for the report Dave and good to hear from you again!

June 7 2010

Jordan O. and his dad got out on the lake a bit in the past week, here's how they did:

"I got out on Okanagan Lake a few times over the weekend.  Thursday and Sunday.  Thursday my Dad and I worked the mouth of Mission Crk for the afternoon.  Got into one small 12.5" bow and that was it for the day! Sunday I got out with a few friends and we started at the bear creek area.  Took a 12" rainbow as i was pulling the lines.  Then we went to the booms and jigged for burbot for a few minutes.  We had no luck but some Australian guys that we ran into were catching whitefish on a bare hook and chicken. Pulled the lines and worked the mission creek mouth and pulled another 12" trout on a green bucktail pulled on the surface.  Then pulled the lines and did a last troll from the west side back to the Eldorado and got one last little bow on a full sinking fly line and a white muddler pattern! The one hook that has been working the best lately is a pink/white little size 2 Lyman Plug."

Thanks Jordan!

May 28 2010

Chris Overend and his buddy fished OK Lk this past weekend and got into some fish, here's his report:

"came for a little trip to the Okanagan for the long weekend. stayed on Okanagan lake all weekend . action was pretty steady . i had the same #3 mepps black fury on with no weight way back , and i got my little downrigger mounted and put a line down to 22 feet with a small rainbow apex. got a couple of koks on the apex . no snubber didn't matter, but had to let them go. and then on ol' trusty mepps, we hooked into this nice rainbow . jumped about 8 times 2 foot clear of the water. (the guy in the picture is also named Kris), we also had 2 other strikes on the mepps , which were rainbows because right after the hit they were jumping and spit the hook. "

Nice fish (photo) Kris!  Thanks for the report guys....