Well, I've been wanting to target steelhead in lake pateros for a couple years now and with the west side rivers blown out this weekend, I decided to make the trip. With the methow closed and only being able to fish from Brewster to to Bridgeport, I knew there was a chance for it to be slow.

We fished all day Friday & Saturday and Sunday morning. We 50/50 pulled plugs and drifted jigs tipped with shrimp. we ended up getting NO fish on Sunday morning, 4 on Friday and 3 on Saturday. 6 Total steelhead and 1 triploid. Triploid was roughly 4 pounds while the steelhead ranged from 5-9 lbs.

We fished HARD and hammered a few of the main drifts with the kitchen sink. Of the 6 total steelhead, three were hatchery while the other 3 were "native" (yea right) and safely let go.

It's a fun fishery and only saw 3 other boats on the water the whole weekend.

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