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17 - Rufus Woods Fishing Reports
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By: walleyemark
Posted: 6/3/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Had to try one more weekend at Rufus to see of we could catch any more large fish before the spawn is over. We launched while it was still dark thinking we might be able to catch some eyes in the dark...
By: baldginger
Posted: 9/26/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First time on Rufus on the chief joe end. Did alot of marking and auto charting. Trolled bouncers and harness, slow death smile etc in black and gold and chartreuse. Caught 4 with 3 of them identical...
By: LordoftheFlies
Posted: 11/4/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The second day of fishing at Rufus Woods, First fish I have ever caught there.
I love how remote the water is there. Saw maybe 4 other boats on the water all day.
Super slow fishing for walleye, I d...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/25/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Day started off well with a couple hits and one fish in the kayak on a blade bait in the first half hour but then slowed considerably over the next few hours. I scratched out a couple fish primarily o...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 2/13/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Took my wife out for some late winter Walleye. Air and water temps were in the mid-30's. The bite was consistent but far from red hot. Flows and water levels in Rufus Woods have been particularly erra...
Posted: 2/18/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Left my house at 4 and met a friend in Airway heights. Then we proceeded to drive through the freezing fog until we rolled into the Rufus and launched just after daylight. We targeted 20-45 FOW for m...
By: baldginger
Posted: 10/31/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/23/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Friday Saturday. Friday was nasty 35° and sleet. Bagged it after a couple hours without any good biters. Took a nap and got back out for magic hour and some night fishing. Still nasty rai...
By: walleyemark
Posted: 5/8/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Took my buddy Jay to Rufus to chase some eyes. We launched at 0600 and headed down river from Seaton's Grove. We only found one place that was holding fish and managed to catch 9. A pretty slow day ...
By: walleyemark
Posted: 5/22/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I gave it a 4 based on quality not quantity. Launched early out of Seaton's Grove and hit some of my most productive areas in past years. The bite was never hot but Mike and I managed to boat 10 eyes....
By: Walleyemark1
Posted: 3/30/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/30/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus, Rufus, Rufus you vex me. Took a trip to Rufus today. Saw the weather for the weekend and decided to take a vacation day and enjoy the sunshine. Cold start for Jay and me. I only fish Rufus onc...
By: Walleyemark1
Posted: 5/21/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter to Rufus to get away from the crowd I knew would be on the Arm. We launched at first light and worked our way down towards the net pens. It took awhile to locate some eyes but eventua...
By: Walleyemark1
Posted: 5/29/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter for another catch and release trip to Rufus. It took awhile but we caught 10 eyes and 2 trout. 6 of the eyes were over 6 lbs including a 7.5 and a 7. Half of the eyes were males this ...
By: walleyemark
Posted: 5/17/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to avoid the crowd on the Spokane Arm and gave Rufus a try. I took my friend Jay with me and we launched at first light from Seaton's Grove. We tried several areas around the island and though...
By: Conradlam
Posted: 10/8/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We made a plan to target some of the larger Rainbows that this body of water is known for. Our target was elusive, yet we stayed away from the easy fishing, smaller fish close by the net pens. We rea...
Posted: 5/8/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The first time out 2020 and it was a beautiful day. The boat and my new electronics worked fine. I think I will like my new Garmin.
I launched at Willow Flats Launch above Chief Joe .
The lot was ...
By: lohans4
Posted: 11/7/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/6/2019
Hot Spots: 0
To say it was slow was an understatement. Not a bite one on 4 poles. We threw everything in the box & didn't get a bite. The only good thing was the weather & the scenery. Only one other boat that we ...
By: baldginger
Posted: 11/10/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Long grinder of a day on Rufus. Pretty typical. Whacked a big trout by the pens on a hand tied jig. Struggled on the walleye but we found a few biters eventually.
Posted: 10/15/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Such a beautiful day so I headed to Rufus Woods above Bridgeport and Chief Joesph Dam. Got there about 11:00 and there were a couple boat trailers at Willow Flats boat launch. I started with the usua...
By: Mcfisherson13
Posted: 10/31/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! What a day! Caught 3 fish. Done by 2pm after starting at first light.
I gave it a 5 not because of the 7 hours it took me to catch my two small fish, but I gave it a 5 because of the day I got ...
By: Goldrigger1
Posted: 11/14/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm catching up on my Rufus Woods trips (3). This one is on Triploids.
Fishing was poor in numbers but great for size. I talked to the Colville Tribe inspector and many triploids were stocked in R...
Posted: 4/28/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I launched at Willow Flats Boat Launch just above Chief Joe Dam about 10 am, there were 5 or 6 trailers but not a boat in sight they must all have gone up river. One boat launched just as I left the ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 3/12/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
No Al and no big fish.
The boat's first return to Rufus after Al's 18-10 fish last month. CF and I had lines in the water by 7:15 with good current on Nespelum Bar. A beautiful sunny day was the ...
By: jerome iverson
Posted: 6/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
wow they just released all the fish from the pens it was amazing fishing 2 cast 2 fish in20 min buddy and me had are limits in about 20 min there were about 30 people fishing and everyone had fish on ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was crazy! I went down to Rufus with my girl because we were in Leavenworth and I read the other report about he Triploids being released from the pens! No joke! The dam was open and the fish ...
By: Ganno
Posted: 1/9/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Report is for three days fishing 6th trough the 8th. Cold and clear with no wind water temp 42 degrees snow on the way home on day two. Fishing from lower pens to the upper pens best fishing was foun...
