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The town of Winthrop is filling up with visitors on the weekends again, all enjoying this scenic destination that is entering the spring season.
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This big buck inhaled a Maxi-Jig below my wife Eileen's bobber. After releasing this one I also hooked and released a wild hen. We were fishing in the Bridgeport area on the upper Columbia.
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Here is a hefty hen steelhead ready for release. It was hooked by Rollie Schmitten of Lake Wenatchee near the bridge at Pateros. I got one later on the Methow, it was wild, too.
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Rosco Tolman, of Ellensburg shows off a 20-inch rainbow he landed while fishing aboard Shane Magnuson's boat on Lake Roosevelt. The big rainbow hit a floating Rapala straight-lined way behind the boat.
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This is a good representation of what anglers can expect to catch at Lake Roosevelt right now. Shane Magnuson's party landed this nice mix of rainbow and kokanee near the Spring Canyon boat launch.
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This brown trout was a big surprise at Rufus Woods. I have never caught a brown here, and this 21-incher is proof they are there. It hit a Rapala trolled behind a planer board from Shane Magnuson's boat.
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This looks like a family reunion at Rufus Woods! There were good numbers of anglers along the shore at the middle pens and this point below it when I fished here with Shane Magnuson recently.
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This was the headquarters of the Quincy Valley Tourism Trout Derby, which was a busy spot last Saturday. This where trout were measured and weighed and one tagged trout was turned in.
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This was the headquarters of the Quincy Valley Tourism Trout Derby, which was a busy spot last Saturday. This where trout were measured and weighed and one tagged trout was turned in.
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This was what Burke Lake looked like on Saturday morning during the Quincy Valley Tourism Tagged Trout Derby. 537 anglers registered to fish in the first annual event.
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