Made the trip over to Brewster Pool on Thursday and fished the afternoon. Very hot out. Managed to catch 3 sockeye, one of which was a nice 22 inch fish. Stayed in Pateros at the Lake Pateros Motor Inn. Tied the boat up to their dock. Got up Friday morning at 0 dark thirty and made the 15 minute run from the motel dock to the Brewster pool. Lots of boats on the water but everyone was courteous and accommodating. Started fishing at first legal light. Caught 4 more sockeye and were done by 8:30 AM. Overall we lost 1 fish for every two caught (combination of barbless hooks and soft mouthed sockeye). We fished from downriggers from 15 to 18 feet deep. Set up was a 00 dodger and a pink Macks sockeye rig with silver smile blade and a small piece of cured prawn. Leader length between the dodger and hootchie is critical - 14 to 16 inches. Also caught one fish on a home made "rasticle" but the Macks hootchie was the hot ticket. Fishing success around us was similar to what we experienced. Certainly not red hot sockeye fishing but we had a great time and brought home 7 nice sockeye two of which were nice size fish.

jimmydkokanee

7/27/2013 1:29:00 PM

Thanks for the report, sounds like you had a good time,my family and I love it over there! Were they catching any Kings?

afk

7/27/2013 4:25:00 PM

Hey gramps53, did you get into some 15-17 inchers also? Just curios if it was only me or if others experienced dinks also. Thanks for the report.

Why2Fish

7/27/2013 7:39:00 PM

A lot of smaller fish this year, with a lot of the accompanying hit-and-miss action.

salmonbarry

7/27/2013 8:02:00 PM

thanks for the report as I will be attending the 3 day derby there next weekend so any helpful info is appreciated!

gramps53

7/28/2013 6:16:00 PM

Afk - out of our 7 fish 4 were in the 15 to 17 inch range and 3 were in 22 inch range. seemed that this ratio was pretty typical based on what we were seeing as well. jimmyd - we saw a few kings come in as well, one of which looked to be about 25 pounds. according to my local source the Macks sockeye rig will catch both species but the folks that target the kings will typically use a Brads Super Bait with oil packed tuna in the cavity and a little bloody tuna scent [ulled behind a flasher.

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