Sutton Lake Fishing in Okanogan County, Washington

• Overview

  Okanogan County in Washington is where Sutton Lake sits. This is lake country bush country. The water measures roughly 11 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Omak at 12 miles is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Kelowna is 91 miles off. More in the same country: 0.6 miles away is Blue Lake, Stewart Lake sits 1.2 miles out, 1.4 miles away is Medicine Lake, Shellberg Lake sits 1.5 miles out and 1.6 miles away is Duckett Lake. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Sutton Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Okanogan County names rainbow trout, largemouth bass, sockeye salmon, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Sutton Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 69°F in July and bottoms out near 24°F in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid March. In an average year the thaw lands around mid March and the freeze near early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Sutton Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public data records a boat ramp half a mile out. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Blue Lake is 0.6 miles off. Where Sutton Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.