Blue Lake Fishing Guide, Okanogan County, Washington

• Overview

  Within Okanogan County, Washington, you have Blue Lake. Elevation runs to 2,569 feet. It covers about 20 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. You are 11 miles from Omak. The nearest city of size is Kelowna, 91 miles away. Also within reach: Sutton Lake just 0.6 miles, Stewart Lake about 0.7 miles, Medicine Lake just 1.2 miles, Duckett Lake about 1.4 miles and Shellberg Lake just 1.6 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Blue Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Okanogan County list rainbow trout, largemouth bass and sockeye salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Blue Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 69°F, while January sits near 24°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid March. Climate figures give an open season running mid March to early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Blue Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. A slipway 160 yards out gives trailer access. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Sutton Lake is 0.6 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Blue Lake.