Fishing at Conconully Lake

From May 13 to May 20, we went to Conconully Lake near Omak, WA with Teri's sister and brother-in-law, Kay and Lee.  We stay at Liar's Cove because we love the setting on the lake and the owners are the some of the nicest, most accomodating people you could ever meet.  We have gone there three times since 2008.  Kay and Lee have gone there off and on for probably 35 years.

Doesn't this look relaxing.  The guys were enjoying the first morning of fishing.  This picture was taken from the window in our trailer.

Pictures of the first fish caught.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife dumped some larger trout (about 3 lbs) in the lake.  It was fun to watch and the young man helping was another guest of the campground.  He was excited to help.

The campground is very well kept and has some fun decorations, too.

There was lots of wildlife to see.  The deer would sometimes come right down by the RV's.  There were lots of ducks, birds and deer.  We even saw several turkeys but didn't have the camera when we saw them.

There was a trail from the campground to a state park nearby.  The little chairs carved from stumps made me think of Goldilocks - Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear chairs.  The cabin was a replica of the one that stood on John Perkin's ranch at the head of Johnson Creek.  It was used as the first county courthouse.  An old Conconully schoolhouse stood for many years in the center of the present state park.  This bell rang in the morning and at noon and could be heard for miles around.

We took a day trip to Rufus Woods Lake.  The last time we were there several years ago we caught 7 nice triploids ranging from 2 - 7 lbs.  This year it was really slow and Lee was the only one that caught a fish.  It was a really nice 5 pounder though.

Bill caught the only bass and it was a nice one.  Kay caught the last fish for our limits on the last day.  Everyone was busy getting ready to leave so she hooked it and landed it by herself.  It was the nicest fish of the day, too.

We caught our limits on 3 days during our stay.  There were all sizes of trout and we had lots of fun catching them.

Bill and Lee get to do all the dirty work of cleaning the fish but there is a really nice fish-cleaning station to use.

We had a great trip.  Well, at least until the trip home.  We were almost at the top of Blewett Pass when Kay and Lee's trailer lost a bearing.  We were fortunate that a state trooper stopped shortly after the guys had taken the wheel off to see how bad it was because we didn't have cell service.  The trooper made arrangements for a tow truck.  Since Lee hauls his boat in the trailer, it had to be unloaded before their trailer could be towed.  We were late getting home but there wasn't an accident and we were all safe.