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16 - Lake Pateros Fishing Reports
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By: the thumb
Posted: 8/7/2012
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
left spokane at 2am and had both downriggers fishing by 6am. First and only fish at 645am. I counted 42 boats and I probably only saw 2 dozen fish caught. I'm sure more were caught but even the gui...
By: bryanpeck
Posted: 8/9/2012
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First trip to Brewster for fishing buddies Dave and Kat as well as the Fish Princess and me. Report is for two days, Saturday 8/4 almost all day and Sunday 8/5 morning.
Left town between midnight a...
By: afk
Posted: 7/21/2013
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I fished above Wells Dam. I was on the water and fishing by 0445. I was using 00 dodger followed by orange or pink mini squid on 12'' leader tipped with shrimp.. I had bites anywhere from 5-15' on the...
By: gramps53
Posted: 7/27/2013
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Made the trip over to Brewster Pool on Thursday and fished the afternoon. Very hot out. Managed to catch 3 sockeye, one of which was a nice 22 inch fish. Stayed in Pateros at the Lake Pateros Motor...
By: afk
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We put in above Wells Dam and fished at the Dam. We were looking to avoid the tournament crowd at Brewster. The pool was as full as I've ever seen it. The overcast sky had the fish holding deeper than...
By: bitchingofishin
Posted: 7/12/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
True combat fishing! Must have been a hundred boats this morning, all at the mouth of the Okanogan.
Fish were biting everywhere but most were lost at the boat. Went back this evening and had much be...
By: kiyus
Posted: 7/14/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Fri. Sat. Sun. Brewster Sockeye was on fire!!! On the water each day at 5am. Off the water with limits (6): Fri. 11am, Sat. 10am, Sun. 8:30. The weather was HOT with very little wi...
By: afk
Posted: 7/23/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Brewster pool 7/21 & 7/22. I managed to scratch out a limit of Sockeye both days. I used the typical chrome smile blade in front of orange or pink hootchie tipped with shrimp of matching...
By: afk
Posted: 7/25/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us put in a long day at Brewster. Colby, Jerry & I boated 5 Sockeye. Yes, there were many lost fish & missed hits too. We were running size 1 or 0 dodgers with pink and or orange hoothies 12...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Although somewhat planned we ended up with a welcome but rare free weekend. Not to let an opportunity pass we loaded truck, hitched up the boat and headed east. The plan was to camp in Bridgeport and ...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 8/19/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Target Species: King and Sockeye Salmon
Lake or River Fished: Brewster pool Columbia River
Date(s) Fished: Saturday evening Sunday dawn & dusk 8-16 & 17
Weather Conditions: clear and hot
Wind: ...
By: YJ Guide Service
Posted: 10/25/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well after a long nine days of rifle deer season we decided to take a little trip to Wells Dam for a little more Salmon fishing before the late Palouse hunt starts. Fishing was great and hardly anyone...
By: widebear
Posted: 7/24/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My son and a couple of his buddies headed to Brewster this morning. poles in the water at sunrise and fished till noon. Had one king on and that was it. No sockeye but they hit their limits of Kokanee...
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 7/28/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Brewster on Saturday the 25 and fished for Sockeye. Caught only 1 fish. Went out on Sunday the 26th ( the last legal day to fish for sockeye) and caught 6 sockeye but only landed 3 fish. We tr...
By: yjay
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Brewster pool on Friday. Not as hot as it was last week but still managed limits. Definitely not for the faint of heart. A bazillion boats. Parking is tough to find. Most people I spoke to ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/8/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for around the floating barrier at Wells dam. We used spoons exclusively 10-15 ft down on the downrigger kept 4, lost 2 at back of boat and released a wild fish. Most were caught with fst l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/9/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Caught and released 4 wild fish lost 4 fish at the back of the boat kept 1 hatchery fish 19" football that most likely came from Rufus woods. Trolling at Wells dam using chartuse and green colored fst...
By: Tonto
Posted: 7/8/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My son, girlfriend and good fishing partner decided to try our luck for some sockeye. Loaded up and was on the road at 3am. Arrived at Brewster at 430 and was fishing shortly after 5. Got one out of t...
By: kshorey
Posted: 7/9/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
ished the evening of thee 7th and the morning of the 8th with my uncle out of Brewster.
The 7th we managed to get 5/6 fish in 3 ish hours from 630 on, fishing pink hoochies behind a dodger.
the 8...
By: afk
Posted: 7/13/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Brewster continues to be a challenge. The limit could be 6 and it wouldn't matter. Fish are not biting. There were approx. 80 boats trying. We put in a long day and came away with 2 fish. Some guides ...
By: Asianju
Posted: 7/13/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took my vacation week after hearing good reports about the Brewster pool when wdfw opened up the upper Columbia last week. I prepped the boat and loaded up the camper and arrived Sunday afternoon and ...
By: rbrooks9331
Posted: 7/19/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This was our second weekend fishing the Brewster pool. Last week we worked hard for two days and caught 2 fish. This weekend, worked just as hard, trying different depths, different presentations , d...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 8/5/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After my parents dropped several hints I finally realized they wanted to get in on some summer salmon action, and yesterday we found some time to make it happen. It was evident right away that the "Br...
By: Willy10
Posted: 7/22/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Brewster Saturday morning. Started fishing about 5 and limited with 6 by 630 aided by 2 doubles. Only made 1 pass and last fish came at the mouth. 150+ boats and even more fish to be caught. T...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 7/20/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the mouth of the Okanogan Tuesday morning. As we pulled up to our destination at 5am there were already a ton of boats there. My boy said he counted 60 other boats fishing. We got our gear i...
