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Posted: 4/11/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Great first family fishing trip of the year. Spectacle lake opened April 1st. I had heard some rumors of good size Kokanee around 16”. We only had a couple hours to fish. The wind was blowing pret...
Posted: 7/9/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Second year in a row we camped at Bonaparte lake on the 4th of July. This time we got a rv slot at the resort with full hookup. Not really impressed there. Next time I'm bringing the generator and ...
Posted: 7/22/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2018
Hot Spots: 2
What a great trip! Well once we got fishing. Kinda a ruff start tho. It’s early kids are little crabby. Lost the little connector for the end of the steering arm from the main motor to the kicker ...
Posted: 7/4/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2018
Hot Spots: 2
Ok so this has been one of the best Kokanee fishing years in Okanogan county. All of our lakes are plumb full of water and the Kokanee this year are fat. It seems like every lake that produces these...
Posted: 5/27/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Ok so this started out Thursday night. We couldn’t get a campsite we wanted in Conconully so we decided to go camp at Specticle Lake Resort. It worked out great, they had a cancellation for a rv spa...
Posted: 5/20/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
It’s Sockeye Season on Conconully Upper Lake!?! Let that sink in.
We hit Conconully upper lake today in pursuit of some tasty Kokanee. This year the fishing has been slow to start in Conconully...
Posted: 1/15/2018
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn’t talk the wife and kids into driving past Leader lake to go over the pass to Patterson lake in the Methow for some Kokanee ice fishing action. (Shout out to upland sand piper on his video and ...
Posted: 1/7/2018
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Today would of really been more of a 3 star day but my ice auger that I set up attached to a 18v Makita drill worked like a boss! Forget the old days of getting all tired. Now I just punch holes. G...
Posted: 7/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We got out to fish the upper lake for the elusive Conconully Kokanee for about an hour after work. It sure is great having the ability to just jam up to the lake for a quick fishing trip.
It d...
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to pull the trigger on a full set of 4 buck bags personal pontoon boats to add to our fleet. These will come in very handy in the future. So we had to try them out. Leader lake is 7 miles...
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I really enjoy Kokanee fishing on Conconully lake so that's what we did for father's day. It wasn't red hot today but these fish are huge and put up a great fight. They are so aggressive they have b...
Posted: 6/17/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
These fish are getting huge this year! It is hard not giving this a 5 star rating. We get some really good days up here. It was a bit windy today so hard to hold a speed. Lost a few but really ham...
Posted: 6/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Did a family afternoon in Conconully. Stopped at the state park and BBQed up some food before we hit the evening bite. It was a school night so we did cut the trip just a bit short.
The larger ...
Posted: 6/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Today I was lucky enough to get out of work way early and get a couple hours in on the upper lake with my wife. We dont get out much just the two of us. So we went in search for some of these fat 13...
Posted: 4/30/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was steady today. I am really excited about this years Kokanee at Conconully Lake they are a fat 13 in average right now and going to get bigger. Today was a two hour trip due to a honey do ...
Posted: 4/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finally! Conconully lake is open! This is our favorite kokanee lake. It's just 15 minutes from home(Okanogan) and has beautiful fat kokanee. For those of you that are not familiar with the Conconul...
Posted: 9/11/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We absolutely love living in norh central Washington. Conconully is a great place. There is so many things going on in this tiny town. Miles and miles of atv trails and even more for snowmobiles in...
Posted: 9/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Got in another great trip to our local kokanee lake. We found a break in the weather about 4 down in Okanogan. So we hit the road for Conconully upper lake. As we drove by the lower lake it was rain...
Posted: 9/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Very excited to report that i talked the wife into letting me get another down rigger yesterday! Its a used big john manual that I talked a friend out of. Its not flawless but after i cleaned the dr...
Posted: 8/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Talked the wife and kids into waking up at 4:15am to go chase some kokanee in the upper lake again.
If you are trying to figure out where to go, do not hesitate to make the trip. It will be worth ...
Posted: 8/18/2016
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well got to post my report good bad or indifferent. I hope i got this in the right location. We worked from below rock island dam. Started out leaving Okanogan at 4 am. I'm not a early bird so I re...
Posted: 8/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2016
Hot Spots: 1
This report is for 8/14 and 8/15 both nights made the long drive up from the house in Okanogan. It's 17 miles to the boat launch. Kinda ruff I tell you. But first we have to stop at the state Park ...
Posted: 8/14/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2016
Hot Spots: 1
We didn't put all of our limits in the boat, but this was a 5 star day. Once again the wife and our two kiddos are on The Benthook pontoon. Just added a downrigger this last week and am just startin...
Posted: 6/17/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Another great day on the water. Another 15 minute drive outsude our bacj door with our pontoon boat in tow. Any family thinking about a pontoon boat for fishing is on the right track. We fish as a ...
Posted: 6/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2016
Hot Spots: 2
First things first. I am the luckiest man an the planet! Today is my wife's birthday, and she said let's go catch some kokanee! My wife wanted to go fishing with me and our two boys. It is rather...