Buzzard Lake

Speaking as someone born and raised in the Methow I would say this has been one of the most “normal” springs you will ever see. Coupled with the already great weather the fishing has been great too with most lakes in the Methow holding over well, which has lead to some large fish.
Recently I have been out to many different lakes from the low to the mid-lands of the Methow and Okanogan Valleys. Fishing at many of these lakes has been good enough to make me just want to keep going back, but with ever more reports of others in the same condition I have spent my time trying to check out as many as possible.

Leader Lake has been a productive place to get your spinney-ray fix (Crappie, Blue Gill and Bass) but was not performing well the day I tried it, however I will still go back soon. Buzzard and Little Twin on the other hand have been producing some monsters. At Buzzard lake fish were from 16—24 inches and at Little Twin hold-overs seem to be 16-20 with one fish taking the prize for being the first fish to put me into my backing this season with an absolutely smoking aerial performance.

First fish to put me into my backing this season!

The rivers are slowly coming down and will be fishable soon by foot. I have tried twice on the Twisp with a few bites here and there and the loss of a very nice fish this week. However fishing on the Twisp, Chewuch and Methow will depend on air temps staying stable, any fluctuation over 80 degrease over the next few weeks will lead to high water the following day.

Methow Bow

As they say though “don’t worry be happy” and all that because the lakes are rockin right now and there’s no sense fighting it and you shouldn’t anyway because it is beautiful. If you are interested in booking a trip with Methow Fishing Adventures just click on the Contact link at the top of the page, we’ll get you out on the water and having fun!