I am lucky to have a wife that really enjoys getting out in the boat and doing some fishing with me. I am also lucky to have a place like Fish Lake, near Lake Wenatchee, that is just 20 miles away. So, when she says, let’s hook up the boat and go, I GO! Fish Lake is a beautiful spot, with vistas of snowcapped mountains in the distance, ospreys circling around and occasionally hitting the water for a meal fresh fish meal. The lake has been a destination for trout anglers and a real favorite for perch pretty much year-round. I have had some great days fishing for largemouth bass at Fish Lake, and now I have another really good reason to visit the lake—kokanee! That’s right, last June the WDFW introduced 63,000 kokanee to the lake, and they are thriving. I heard of folks getting them through the ice this winter and I have caught some the last two times I trolled my Kokabow gear up there. The kokanee are a solid 12 inches and have the dark colored meat that make them sooo tasty. You wouldn’t need downriggers either. I am catching them at less than 20 feet deep.
Fish Lake, near Lake Wenatchee, is a scenic place to fish for trout, perch, largemouth bass and now kokanee!