I usually don’t hope for rain, but I am right now. We got buried with a foot of snow in Leavenworth last week. I am betting that it will go away, and I can move my boat to a place that gets less snow. The rain would really help make that happen. My wife is shaking her head. Now I can predict the weather? We’ll see. It looks like I will be making my fishing from the shore until I get everything set for winter. Looking back at some older photos, I am holding up a whopper triploid caught at the upper net pens on December 23rd. I really want to get up there and see if I get some triploids in the freezer. There just isn’t anything better for smoking. I reported that I had very slow fishing from the shore at Brandts Landing and Keller on my last trips to these destinations, but that can change. I typically have very good fishing at Brandts, Keller and Spring Canyon in December. I also really hope to make more trips to Lake Chelan. The kokanee are running big this winter. Imagine bring home a limit of 13- to 15-inch kokanee in the winter!