The Lake Wenatchee sockeye fishery continues to be specular. I had a friend out on Sunday and took my brother Rick on Monday and we finished getting our limits by 7 a.m. There are still sockeye making their way up the Wenatchee River, and I don’t know when the fishing will slow down. I am sure there will be at least another good week of fishing. So far I have only missed one day due to high winds. I have been fishing under clear and sunny skies without a breath of wind for the most part. I wanted to let people know that some of our area rivers have finally dropped enough to allow for safe wading in most areas, and I plan to dust off my fishing rod and hit the upper Icicle soon. This small creek is loaded with small rainbow. The upper Entiat should be wadable, and this is another good one for small rainbow, cutthroat and brook trout. The Methow should be producing good catches of rainbow and cutthroat now as well. Another favorite of mine is the Kettle River, east of Republic. I have had a great time catching rainbow trout and brown trout on this stream.
Small rainbow like this are abundant in the Icicle and Entiat rivers.