Copper Glance Lake in Okanogan County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Okanogan County, Washington, you have Copper Glance Lake. It stands 6,112 feet above sea level. It covers about 4 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Okanogan County list holds plenty of bigger water. Keremeos sits 39 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Chilliwack is the closest city, 80 miles away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Copper Glance Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Okanogan County include rainbow trout, largemouth bass, sockeye salmon, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Copper Glance Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 57°F in August and bottoms out near 18°F in December. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Expect Copper Glance Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, No Dice Lake at 1.9 miles is the nearest alternative. The position on Copper Glance Lake is worth confirming on the day.