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The angler in the distance is releasing one of a few fish he caught and released at Rocky Ford recently. It was a great winter evening for fishing.
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Schmitten carefully releases a wild fish he just landed on the Wenatchee River. It is important to keep the fish in the water, and they come free of the jig very easily with the use of barbless hooks.
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Rollie Schmitten of Lake Wenatchee poses with one of two wild steelhead he landed in a very short time of fishing on the Wenatchee River. He also hooked another fish. He was using his new bobber rod and a Maxi Jig.
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Shane Magnuson, UpperColumbiaGuide.com (left) helps Rollie Schmitten show off a bright hatchery steelhead taken near Pateros.
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Jim Passage is a fly fisher for steelhead, but he caught on to bobber and jig fishing pretty quickly. This was one of two hatchery steelhead he landed.
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Bill Ballantine (left) has good reason to grin. Shane Magnuson was very impressed with this big steelhead taken near Pateros.
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Shane Magnuson (left) poses with me and a nice hatchery steelhead taken recently near Pateros. Bobbers and jigs are the way to go.
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We have had some beautiful fall weather and anglers have taking advantage of it. This was the scene at the mouth of the Methow at Pateros recently.
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Jerry McKinney of Lake Chelan shows off three nice steelhead he and his fishing partner landed at Pateros. They were anchored near the bridge, fishing bobbers and jigs.
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There is a very nice run below the bridge at the south end of town entering Okanogan. There is a public access with parking and a good amount of water can be reached from here
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