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Omak Fishing Reports

By: mwdehaan
Posted: 7/10/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a scorcher! Today was blazing hot. Glad I brought 2 gallons of liquids. Should have reapplied 30 spf sunblock twice, once still got me a little burnt :( Okay onto the fishing. We were wait...
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By: mwdehaan
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to Omak Lake again. Just had a few hours to kill in the afternoon and thought we'd try the same stuff as last time. Walked out with our limit in 3 hours. Biggest being 3 pounds 7 ounces. W...
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By: mwdehaan
Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had to give it a 5 star with it being a personal best day out on the lake. Weather was great and the fish were cooperating. After launching at the Mission Bay we shot down to the south end where...
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Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Omak Lake is easily the best trout fishery in washingon state, by far. Me and my fishing partner (kochmandoo)_ went over for the first time this weekend and fished saturday, sunday and a half day mond...
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Posted: 5/19/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! What a day. I got to be out on the water with some my favorite fishing buddies on a day that perfect. The weather was great. The fish were eager. There was great size. Everyone was right on...
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Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Fished Omak this weekend. Caught about 5 fish on Saturday. All of them were caught on a white and red mole leach pattern. We stayed in the boat about 30 feet off shore and just cast to them on the ban...
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By: mwdehaan
Posted: 10/14/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So just got back from another trip to Omak Lake. Weather has been staying the same up here, overcast with the sun peaking through occasionally. Surface temp was in the 59-60 range the whole morning....
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By: mwdehaan
Posted: 10/13/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another day out at Omak Lake. Surface temp held at 61 degrees. Was an overcast day with the sun peaking through the clouds at times. Was a constant wind that gave a few white caps in the bigger are...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had another fun day at Omak Lake. Weather started off pretty calm for an overcast day. Surface temp stayed at 63 the whole day. Launched around 7am, fished until about 1:30. Wind picked up there t...
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By: mwdehaan
Posted: 9/28/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake and put in around 9:30am. Main goal of the trip was to learn and get a feeling for downriggers. We'd just finished tightening the last bolts that morning and had never used them befo...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Omak was red hot and is probably still fishing great with the cool weather. Lots of cruising trout along the shoreline, site fishing was a blast using the clear int. sink line and about a size 10 oli...
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By: pika206
Posted: 6/7/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Quadfather and I had a go on Omak thanks to our friend Marty who's a resident pro. Holy awesomeness, first of all... blue water. The alkaline water quality makes it uninhabitable for most fish, ...
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Posted: 5/19/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
BE ADVISED that the northern most bay and boat launch are CLOSED March 1 through May 31 every year. We didn't know this until we arrived and saw the signs; had to drive back out and launch at the oth...
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By: dbk
Posted: 2/28/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
To shake off the cabin fever I spend the afternoon (1-3pm) fly fishing the north end of Omak lake from shore. It was very windy so I decided to leave the pontoon boat at home rather than fight the wi...
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Posted: 11/7/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/6/2010
Hot Spots: 3
I got to spend a fun day on the water with Aaron, Anton Jones, and Andy and Kevin who work with Anton. Anton had wanted to show me the trophy fishery for Lahontan Cutthroat trout that Omak is known fo...
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Posted: 8/6/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We pounded Omak Lake for Lahontan Cutthroat. It was tougher fishing than I have seen, but by the end of the day we brought 9 fish to the boat and lost an equal number. Those Rushin' Salmon Wobblers ...
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Posted: 6/30/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 2
Clear skies, warm. Caught 7 cutthroat total all between 19-23in. Concentrating solely on the north end of the lake, we trolled at 1.5-1.8mph and caught 1 right out of the gate at 6am using the old s...
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Posted: 6/17/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Dad and I took our buddies from Tonasket out for their first ever, long-anticipated trip to Omak Lake. It didn't disappoint. We hooked an 8 lb. beauty to start the day out, followed with 15 more fis...
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By: jtwatso
Posted: 6/13/2010
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
First time on Omak Lake. Been meaning to fish it for 25 years and just now got around to it. All I say is this is a fantastic fishery. Trolled Silver Horde 3.5 Kingfisher Lite in Chartruese ans 3.5...
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Posted: 6/2/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a great day on Omak. We slept in and fished from about 10:30AM to 1:30PM. We were most successful in the Southern Bay. At one point we had a quad. The big fish was about 28". A total...
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Posted: 5/25/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished both ends of Omak with some success. Fished slow with Rushin Salmon Wobblers in green at 1.2 mph and fast with silver, Silver Horde Plugs at 2.4mph. This was down at the South end. At the ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy fished Omak Lake with Byrd Brothers. This was the wind day, so they fished the most protected Bay on the East side of the Lake. Trolling the Kingfisher Lite's very fast, since with the wind was...
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Posted: 5/3/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to go hit Omak for the second Saturday in a row. Steelhead is over, Kokanee on Chelan hasn't heated up yet, and Palmer seemed like a long drive. We ended up with 32 fish to the boat, all ...
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Posted: 4/26/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my brother, nephew, and brother in law out to Omak on Saturday. 18 inch whitecaps and lots of wind to start the day, but by noon it was beautiful out there. We ended up catching and releasing 2...
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Posted: 4/1/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, now that Steelheading is done for the year I can get my alternative to Chelan includes fishing on Omak. Remember, until May 31st it is catch and release with single barbless hooks. The Lahonta...
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