I moved my boat down from Lake Wenatchee last week and am moving on from what was a fantastic sockeye season on the lake this year. I am considering what to do next and it sounds like a trip to Brewster to do some king fishing would be a good idea. I have seen some photos of fillets taken from fish here very recently and the quality of the Chinook is holding up very well. I also took a look at the results from the annual King Salmon Derby and there was a very high number of big fish taken this year. The top ten fish in the adult division all weighed over 20 pounds, with a 29.10-pound king topping the list. I was pleased to see the name of Katlynn Gibbons at the top of the youth division list, with a fish that weighed 26.10 pounds. Maybe this shouldn’t be a surprise, as her Dad is Jerrod Gibbons, a long-time guide in the area. Another king fishery that I want to try right now is for Lake Chelan salmon. Fishing can be very good in the evenings, and with the high temperatures during the day this has a lot of appeal.
Shown here is Katlynn Gibbons with her Dad on a trip to Rufus Woods in 2011. She loved fishing then and won the youth division at the Brewster Salmon Derby this year.