Hit Okanagan Lake on March 23rd. Decided to fish north of Rattlesnake Island on the east side of the lake. Fished Lyman plugs at 55 and 75ft as fish were marking in this range. Trolled at various speeds from 1.3 to 2.0 MPH. I fished with a red false flasher just off the ball for about 3hrs, but pulled it off wondering if I was spooking the fish. Pulled up the riggers and headed to Seclusion Bay on the west side of the lake. Trolled a chartreuse/black  Lyman at 55ft. Caught this fish at 1:30pm...
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This is why I put in the many hours I do on the big lake. I believe thats what it takes to get a moment like this...

Kelowna angler Jim Sutherland, caught a

 25.5 lb. Rainbow Trout from Okanagan Lake in April. The local rumour is that he caught this beauty out front of Gellatly Bay Marina...a haunt that I happen to frequent often myself. Perhaps one day I will be as lucky as Jim!  Pink/White Bucktail is the rumour...A picture they say...is worth a thousand words. 

 
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Hit the water today at 9am. Slight chop on the lake over by the island. Fish sighting on the finder near the surface in 250ft of water. Decided to focus my attention up top with Bucktails and plugs. Wasn't long and I landed this beauty...


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I tossed the boat in at Gellatly yet again and was fishing by 10am. I fished all columns of water offered. I focused much of my efforts "top shelf" due to Dale Johnson's recent post. Anyways, tried a gypsy cop car upstairs, 5 different Apex's, 3 different Lyman plugs from 25ft to 60ft. I fishing back and forth from the boat launch across to East Kelowna and return. Fished for 4 hours today between 2.2 and 2.8mph with no bites. The lake was in beautiful shape all day. 40 degrees on the surface...
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My father and I hit the water on Okanagan Lake today (Jan 23rd, 2011). It was a beautiful sunny day with no wind! We put in at Gellatly Bay and zipped straight across to fish the east side and headed towards Kelowna. We focused our efforts up top with a mix of Apex's and Lymans. 1 to 2 ounces of weight and sometimes no weight. We fished various speeds ranging fron 2.2 to 3.5. We cut back across the lake and fished the west side of the lake and made a few passes in front of Gellatly Marina. We...

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Okay....so I'll admit its been a while since I posted a fishing report. I've only dipped the bow of my boat in the water twice this month and I was shutout the first time. As an angler (no matter how successful) you need to be comfortable with the idea of getting "skunked" on occasion. Learn what you can from the experience and tip your hat to the elusive fish. The key to enjoying your angling experience is realizing that it is seldom really about the fish that are caught, rather its about th...
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Well...we hit the water today at 11:30am and the lines were down by high noon. As I continue to work the kinks out of my new boat (not new just new to me) we decided to put in at the Westbank boat launch and head straight across the lake and fish South towards Rattlesnake Island. Turns out Rattlesnake is nearly 6 miles from where we started. We tried a variety of weapons today...blue/silver Bucktail, black/silver Bucktail, Perch Scale Apex, Perch Scale X-Rap, 3.5 inch Gypsy Cop Car upstairs w...
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So I started watching the forecast 5 days out from Sunday. It looked good so I made plans to clear the schedule Sunday afternoon to splash onto Okanagan Lake. The final forecast I read for Sunday afternoon said....sunny +7 and here is the key...calm winds. I can handle the cold but wind is another story especially if you are launching your boat by yourself. So the sun and temperature lived up to the hype but the wind did not. It wasn't crazy windy but the whitecaps were  enough to twist my bo...
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My old man and I got out on the lake on Saturday (Feb 6th). We hit the water at 11am and concentrated our efforts around Cresent beach North of Summerland. We were finding lots of fish on the finder when we were in 200 to 300 ft of water (most likely schools of Kokanee). The fish seemed to be in 100+ ft of water. At around 1pm we deceided to cut across to Indian Rock while I dragged a blue/white bucktail on a floating flyline with a colorado blade spinning above with green beads for extra bli...
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