SALMON FISHING -- Sockeye salmon fishing is hot at the mouth of the Okanogan River near Brewster , and it's no secret.
Anton Jones of Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service said anglers have converged on the fishery, requiring some thought to how to cope with the crowd.
"Strap on your patience as there were 345 boats on Saturday on the Columbia at the mouth of the Okanagon," he reports.
"Fish the edge of the old channel just above the depth you mark them on your sonar," he said. "Pull big chrome dodgers with a short heavy leader back to a big Mack’s Lures Wedding Ring baited with a piece of Pautzke Fire Cured Shrimp.
"You can also get some Chinook fishing Super Baits behind a rotating flasher. Fill those Super Baits with oil based tuna and dip them in Pautzke’s Krill Juice.
Jone's tip:
Keep your set backs short when you are in that combat fishery at the mouth of the Okanogan. Twenty feet back is plenty. More setback will lead to tangles with other anglers.
Yes, that does have a double meaning.
