Abernathy Lake Fishing in Okanogan County, Washington

• Overview

  Abernathy Lake is one of the Okanogan County listings for Washington. The water sits 6,355 feet up. Small at around 4 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Okanogan County list holds plenty of bigger water. The closest town, Brewster, is 43 miles distant. The nearest city of size is Chilliwack, 81 miles away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Abernathy Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Okanogan County names rainbow trout, largemouth bass and sockeye salmon. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Read Abernathy Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 56°F at the top of summer and 19°F at the bottom of winter. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Abernathy Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Scatter Lake, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Abernathy Lake is worth confirming on the day.