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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence Report
Washington

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06/13/2017
71° - 75°
Other
Kokanee
Corn
Mostly Sunny
Morning
56° - 60°
06/13/2017
1
2012

Launched at 8 am on the south end near Coulee Dam, windy but a great sunny day expected. Trolling down riggers and staying down about 20 foot to hopefully keep the new releases off our lines. Ha that didn't work, first thing on my line! Trolled the rocky cliffs near Eden Harbor down toward Spring Canyon. Saw fish on the sonar at 20' to 100' so dropped one side down to 50' the other at about 30'...no bites. Not many fish showing up on the fish finder so trolled back and forth out deep and in toward shore but didn't get real shallow. Stayed in 60' foot of water and deeper. Saw a few silvers but they were spread out in depth and just couldn't seem to be in the right place at the right time. Debris in the water got nasty! The wind changed direction and the debris field which had been confined to the center of the river was now everywhere. It was a mess. Called it quits about 1:30 pm after trolling across in front of the Dam a couple times and not seeing anything on the finder. Beautiful sunny day, but pretty windy the whole time and with the winds comes the movement of the debris in whichever direction the wind blows it. Talked to the fish counter at the dock, she said she was at Keller earlier and reports were the same there, no Kokanee.
Will try again in a day or so...actually looking for a cloudy day, it seems that the nicer it is for us the worse we do catching fish. Still it was another nice day for a boat ride.


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weld22
6/13/2017 9:17:35 PM
Thanks for the report. We're Giving the fishing a couple weeks rest hoping some of the slash piles will go over the dam.
catchme
6/14/2017 6:26:03 AM
All the piles up by the Dam blew back toward Spring Canyon yesterday, so until the water levels off and stays for awhile the debris is not going to be able to settle on the shorelines. We will keep trying, Dad and I are going out again Thursday, but I'm not expecting too much improvement. We just enjoy getting out and if we catch fish that's a bonus.
outtheresomewhere
6/14/2017 2:28:26 PM
Thanks for the report - validates our decision to stay home this week - making progress in the yard and garden, but that effort is becoming
work for someone who expected to go fishing forever when he retired.
catchme
6/14/2017 4:42:39 PM
Ha Ha that's exactly why I go fishing...can only do so much gardening and yard work! I'm lucky to live just a few minutes from the boat launch, so when I've had enough digging in the dirt I can just go. :-)
OH BTW anyone want some tomato plants, I got a little carried away planting my seeds, I've got about 40 that need homes. LOL
Billm
6/14/2017 10:01:24 PM
Thanks for the report. I sure hope the water clears and the fishing picks up.
Billm
6/14/2017 10:01:26 PM
Thanks for the report. I sure hope the water clears and the fishing picks up.
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