Just finished a great 3 day
fishing trip which ended on a sour note at Umtanum.
A friend an I fished Lenore on
Friday … very calm winds if any at all … 25 or so other fisherman at the
north end of the lake.
Did fairly well on snow cone
chironomids, size 12. my most productive was a purple size 12.
First time fishing the lake … I will say location within the north end is the
key when the fish are congregated like they seem to be. It seemed that
the area on the west side of the north end near the cliffs was the spot to
be. I’m amazed the fish kept biting with all the pressure. The
best explanation I heard for the clustering of fish was that someone had
dumped a case of pauzke’s there! It would be interesting to know what
was the topography/geology/microclimate that seemingly clustered the fish in
that small area.
We were joined by 2 others Friday
night and again fished Lenore on Saturday. The wind kept most of the
crowds away. But had a fairly productive day again. There was one
young angler who absolutely hammered the fish on a black chironomid he make
out of black v-rib with a white bead head … about a size 12 also.
Sunday we decided to try the
Yakima.
Put in at Ringer and pulled out at Umtanum. It was great because we had
pontoons and a trailer with 2 rigs so the shuttle problem was solved.
My friend parked his 1997 red
F-150 truck with white canopy and new trailer from Costco at Umtanum and the
other rig was at Ringer. Must have left the Trailer at
10:45 or so and
we got off the water at 4:00.
Fishing wasn’t great but I did
manage one decent 19 inch rainbow. Unfortunately, when we pulled out, my
partners rig, trailer and all were missing (with lots of stuff in it from the
weekend).
Kind of a sour end to an otherwise
great weekend. We reported the car stolen and had to fill out some
paperwork. Just a word of caution to all. The car was locked
tight. But when you leave your rig at a takeout “they” know you won’t be
back for a while.
If anyone saw anything at the
gravel parking lot at Umtanum that would be helpful to the sheriff … please
let him know, it would be great to put a stop to what I hope isn’t a
trend.
Steve Egge
