Chronicle photo by Al Camp

Deer pause to watch and listen.

     Okanogan Country sports more than 100 lowland lakes maintained for fishing, boating, swimming and water skiing, and thousands of acres available for hunting deer and birds.
     Fishing opportunities range from trout and bass to channel catfish and perch, and from whitefish to steelhead. You can fish from shore, docks, boats and float tubes or drop a hook through the ice in winter.
     Several wheelchair accessible sites are available.
     The variety continues on the Colville Indian Reservation; a special license is needed to fish specific waters available to non-tribal members.
     Hunting includes upland birds, turkeys and mule deer.
     More information is available from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Colville Confederated Tribes.

Don Portman photo	Mark Miller photo
Anglers try their luck in the Methow River.	A four-pointer pauses in a golden field.

Janine Y. McCormick photo	Charles Root photo
Young angler displays a beautiful catch.	A first-time hunter is rewarded with a beautiful pheasant.