Brewster Pool

[Salmonstalker]

We stayed over on the sockeye side. Saw 2 kings caught there Saturday morning. I saw the Idaho boat. Nice rig

If I may interject, I'm headed over with my 5 year old boy to stay at Bridgeport State Park for the weekend, never fished the Brewster Pool before. Which side is the King hole and where is better for Sockeye? I don't want to mess around trying to catch a King and only going for one morning. Any tid bit of info would be much appreciated. Thanks!

[BOW HUNTER13]

Just look for all the boats and do what they do there's no king sockeye sides that I know of.You can inside or out the fish around.Good luck you'll have fun.

[bear]

The king and sockeye sides are in reference to the wells dam

[DOUBLELUNG]

Was at the Brewster launch today, lots of boats coming in with good sockeye catches.  Most on the water were hugged tight to the bank below the Okanogan compared to when kings are open too.

[hunthard]

Is Sockeye fishing barb or barbless? I can't find it in the regs.

[huntnnw]

Just look for all the boats and do what they do there's no king sockeye sides that I know of.You can inside or out the fish around.Good luck you'll have fun.

this is at wells and not the Brewster pool

[Salmonstalker]

Update:

First morning 7/20 got kind of a rough start, in the mad rush to get out of the house and get to Bridgeport state park for the weekend, left the downriggers leaned up against the shop where the boat normally parks  So decided to give it a go with banana weights. That took a while to dial in. People were catching all around us and we managed to scrounge up two for the morning- EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING! Wind was howling the next morning, took it off to hang with the fam at the campground and do a tour through Chief Joseph Dam- totally worth while. Tried it one last time on Sunday before the long trek back to the west side, took a while to pick up a fish- then decided to change up my gear (longer leader, put on a hootchie w/out smiley blade, tipped with sand shrimp) within 5 minutes picked up a second fish. 15 minutes later, we were limited. Could not believe tweeking a couple items made the world of difference. All in all, it was a good trip.... until my brakes went out towing a 28' travel trailer while coming into Winthrop. Spent the whole afternoon waiting for AAA to save the day with a tow for the truck and my buddy came back over to tow the trailer home. THANK GOD FOR AAA RV! I will venture over next year hopefully and try it again with a little more know-how.

[Stein]

Is sockeye better above or below Wells?


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[grade-creek-rd]

For those trying to figure out the Brewster Pool sockeye fishing...here is a blog with some tips that will help you out!

http://www.theoutdoorline.com/blog/post/2018/07/18/5-tips-for-brewster-sockeye.aspx

   

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[skidynastar33]

Sockeye is on fire at Brewster pool. Easy limits of 12  by 7am for us

[hunthard]

Going over this weekend to give it a go, where is a good place to pick up some dyed shrimp? Thanks.

[buddy01]

All of the Columbia is barbless, for shrimp I used Rays.

[hunthard]

Thanks