Green View Lake Fishing Guide, Okanogan County, Washington

• Overview

  The Okanogan County end of Washington holds Green View Lake. What surrounds it is pine and birch. With some 43 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Few waters listed in Okanogan County are bigger. Darrington sits 36 miles from the bank. Granite Falls follows at 51 miles, then Manson at 53 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Green View Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Okanogan County cover rainbow trout, largemouth bass and sockeye salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Green View Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put August at about 58°F and December near 22°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. That is the shape of the year on Green View Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Waddell Lake sits 4 miles off and takes the overflow. Treat access at Green View Lake as something to verify.