I had an enthusiastic crew on board the Bob Feil Boats and Motors Smoker Craft Phantom on Thursday. Ed and Karen Heim had traveled from Anaconda, Montana and Janet Pace came from Irrigon, Oregon. They were all excited about the prospect of catching some sockeye on Lake Wenatchee. The lake was fairly calm when we left the dock and headed to the top end of the lake. For the first time this season it was raining. We had plenty of rain gear to pass around so it didn’t dampen our spirits. Looking down lake we saw a very impressive sunrise but looking up lake there was a big rain squall headed our way. There was a fairly good bite, and we had a nice sockeye in the boat earlier than I had the past few trips. We had three nice fish in the cooler by 7:30, then the wind started to blow. I wanted to cruise over to Glacier View, but I was going sideways in the wind, so I pointed the boat down lake. We got a great hit on one of the riggers, but no hook up. They were all happy, though, having each landed their first sockeye.