Thursday, December 25, 2025
36.0°F
There are some occasional sun breaks at Drano Lake.  It is a very scenic area and lushly green due to the heavy rain the area gets in the spring.

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Drano Lake offers bright kings on the lower Columbia River
April 4, 2011 6 a.m.

Drano Lake offers bright kings on the lower Columbia River

Thousands of anglers chase tens of thousands of king salmon on the Columbia River every year, and it all starts on the lower river.  The first to enter the river are the spring salmon. There is a season for them up here, on the Icicle River at Leavenworth. Anglers that just can't wait for May or June for them to arrive head south and fish for them near the town of White Salmon at Drano Lake.  I have done just this the past two years; thanks to Shane Magnuson of Upper Columbia Guide Service, and this is what it's like to fish for early kings on the lower river.