Fishing

Explore more than 200 high mountain lakes, 400 lowland lakes, 200 water and wildlife access areas and 300,000 acres of publicly owned land. This is the number one recreational fishing region statewide - that includes warm water fisheries and cold water trout and steelhead fisheries. It also boasts the most popular bass fishing sites in the state.

For the wheel chair bound Okanogan Country offers many fishing opportunities. Persons in wheel chairs may visit Sidley lake near Molson which is along a paved road. This is a slower part of Okanogan Country and you will find fishermen and women along the road in their chairs.

Conconully is a small resort town in the Cascade foothills. Its two reservoir lakes offer spectacular fishing. Conconully's annual Trout Derby is held opening weekend of fishing season. (877-826-9050).

The Methow Valley offers excellent fishing in Little and Big Twin Lakes, Pearrygin Lake and Patterson Lake. Moccasin Lake is a premiere, private fishery offering rainbows up to 10 pounds.
Call 509 996-4735. The Methow River also offers wonderful catch and release fly fishing.

LAKES IN THE AREA

Aeneas Lake
27 acres. 20 miles SE of Tonasket. Fly fishing only, no motors. Rainbow and brown trout. One-fish daily limit. Restroom.

Alta Lake
184 acres. 2.25 miles SW of Pateros. State park and private resort available, public access. Rainbow trout.

Big Twin Lake
79 acres. 2 miles S of Winthrop. Resort and public access
with restroom. Selective gear rules. Rainbows plus Lahontan cutthroat.

Blue Lake
160 acres. About 10 miles N of Conconully. Rainbow and brown trout. One-fi sh daily limit, selective gear rules. Gravel launch, restroom. Disability access.

Bonaparte Lake
160 acres. 18 miles NE of Tonasket. Resort, fi shing pier at USFS campground. Kokanee, rainbows, mackinaw, and brook trout.

Buffalo Lake
541 acres. About 5 miles NE of Elmer City. Kokanee, small and largemouth bass, eastern brook trout. Public access.

Chopaka Lake

149 acres. About 6 miles N of Loomis. Rainbow trout. Restroom,
camping. No motorized boats. Fly fishing only.

Conconully Lakes
313 acres. Near Conconully. Rainbow trout, largemouth bass. Gravel boat launches, restrooms.

Conconully Reservoir
450 acres. Rainbow trout. Boat launches, resort, restrooms.

Curlew Lake
870 acres. N of Republic. Rainbow trout, largemouth bass, Tiger muskies must be released under 36 inches. Camping, resorts, public boat access. State park.

Fish Lake
102 acres. About 4.5 miles NE of Conconully. Rainbow trout. Boat launches, restroom. Disability access.

Forde Lake
24 acres. About 6.5 miles S of Loomis. Brook trout. Disability access.

Green Lakes
Green, 45 acres, Lower Green, 9 acres. About 5 miles NW of Omak. Catch-and-release. Rainbow trout. Boat launch, restrooms. Disability access.

Lake Roosevelt
Damming of the Columbia River produced the 130 mile long lake. Excellent Walleye fishing. Kokanee, small & largemouth bass. Public access.

Leader Lake
159 acres. About 4 miles W of Okanogan. Rainbow trout. Boat launches, restrooms, camping.

Lost Lake
46 acres. Rainbow and brook trout. Boat launch, restrooms at Forest Service campground. Disability access.

Methow River
(Winthrop/Twisp) Catch and release trout fishing, selective gear rules. River closed to steelhead, dolly varden, bull trout fishing. Camping, public launch sites, resorts.

Columbia River
From Pateros and north to Bridgeport. Chinook salmon and thirty other fishes. Multiple boat launches.

Rufus Woods Lake
By Chief Joseph Dam. Rainbow trout, silvers and walleye. Shore fishing requires Colville Tribe fishing license (available at Bridgeport hardware store.) Boat ramps, 24 feet of dock, state park.

Okanogan River
(Oroville to Brewster) Small and largemouth bass, walleye, perch, crappie, catfi sh, carp. Closed to trout fishing. Public launch sites, lodging nearby.

Omak Lake
3,244 acres. Seven miles SE of Omak. Record for Lahontan Cutthroat trout at 18.04 lbs. set in 1993. Boat access on the north end of the lake.

Osoyoos Lake
5,723 acres, 2,036 US. North of Oroville. Rainbow trout and kokanee. Largemouth and smallmouth bass. State park facilities. Disability access.

Palmer Lake
2,063 acres. 4.5 miles N of Loomis. Smallmouth bass, some largemouth. Kokanee, yellow perch, crappie, burbot, northern pikeminnows. Campgrounds, restrooms, rough boat launch.

Patterson Lake
130 acres. About 3.5 miles W of Winthrop. Rainbow, eastern brook trout. Resort, public access with restrooms and launch.

Pearrygin Lake
212 acres. N of Winthrop. Rainbow trout. State park, public & disability access. Launch and restrooms.

Sidley Lake
116 acres. Near Molson. Rainbows, daily limit 2. Boat launch, portable toilet at lake.

Sinlahekin Creek
Creek runs north of Conconully, from Blue Lake to Palmer Lake. Brook and rainbow trout. Selective gear rules.

Spectacle Lake
314 acres. About 9 miles NW of Tonasket. Rainbow trout. Three resorts, public access with restroom facilities and launch.

Wannacut Lake
411 acres. Near Oroville. Rainbow trout. Resort and public access with restrooms and launch.

Whitestone Lake
173 acres. About 5 miles N of Tonasket. Largemouth bass, bass slot limit. Good access with launch, restrooms. Camping. Disability access.

		Alta Lake State Park Alta Lake Rd Pateros, Wa - 98846 509 923-2473 :: Show on Map :: An 181 acre camping park where the mountainous pine forests meet the desert. Alta Lake is about 2 miles long and offers good trout fishing during summer months.
		Chief Joseph Dam P.O. Box 1120 Bridgeport, Wa - 98813 509-686-5501, x.665 :: Show on Map ::
		Colville Confederated Tribes PO Box 150 Nespelem, Wa - 99116 509 634-4711 http://www.colvilletribes.com/past.htm :: Show on Map ::
		Conconully State Park Conconully, Wa - 98819 509 826-7408 :: Show on Map :: Conconully State Park is a 81 acre camping park with 5,400 sq ft of fresh water shorline in Conconully.
		Lake Roosevelt Nat'l. Recreation Area 1008 Crest Drive Coulee Dam, Wa - 99116 509-633-9441 x.130 http://www.nps.gov/laro/index.htm :: Show on Map :: 27 public campgrounds and boat-in-only campgrounds. Facilities vary in each. Some campgrounds have individual sites, as well as large groupsites that can be reserved. Individual sites have a fire ring, picnic table and paved parking pads that are either pull-through or back-in pads. Campgrounds have sites that will fit most large RVs. There are no hook-ups in any of the campgrounds
		Putmbac Guide Service 703 Sunrise Dr Omak, Wa - 98841 509 886-869-3915 http://www.putmbac.com :: Show on Map :: Flyfishing in the best waters of North Central Washington both public and private, stillwaters and rivers.
		Sonora Point Resort 761 Loomis Oroville Highway Tonasket, Wa - 98855 (509) 223-3700 http://www.sonorapointresort.com :: Show on Map :: Sonora Point Resort is a waterfront RV campground situated on beautiful Spectacle Lake located near Tonasket. The lake is excellent for both fishing and watersports and we have 33 full service RV sites and 16 power & water only sites. There are washrooms with showers, an office and store, docks and we offer free Wi-Fi. Come see us at Sonora Point Resort.
		Spectacle Lake Resort 10 McCammon Road Tonasket, Wa - 98855 509-223-3433 http://www.spectaclelakeresort.com :: Show on Map :: Amenities for all our guests include heated pool, docks, horseshoe pits, volleyball, play area, swings, sandbox, boat launch, boat & motor rentals, recreation room, exercise room and cookout shelters.