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17 - Rufus Woods Fishing Reports
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By: Mcfisherson13
Posted: 11/30/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for a day after Thanksgiving. Air temp. was 24F water temp around 50F weather was snowing for the first half of the day then stopped and we had high clouds and some blue sky off in the distan...
By: tonktracker
Posted: 3/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Rufus for 1st time on Saturday near the pens so I'm told. We fished for 5 hours solid throwing many colors of powerbait and/or marshmallows with only 1 nibble. The boats around us were slow ...
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: jerome iverson
Posted: 6/16/2011
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
wow tha action is still smoking since they relaesed the fish out of the pens got my 2 in 25 min again there ara alot of people still getting there limits real fast its not almost worth the drive fr...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Target Species: Walleye and Rainbows
Lake or River Fished: Rufus Woods
Date(s) Fished: Saturday May 7, 2011
Weather Conditions: all 4 seasons in one day
Wind: NW in the morning and SE in the afte...
By: RC
Posted: 3/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Woods on Saturday and Sunday morning. Got are 8 fish which were in the 5lbs. range. Fished large slip weight with 24" leader to power bait. We bounced the bait off the bottom in 25' of wa...
Posted: 12/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We left the Army Corp Launch about 7:30 and made the 45 minute run to the lower pens to get some triploids. Things kind of went in fits and starts. We finally bagged it with 9 fish in the boat at ab...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Rufus Woods
Date(s): Saturday October 16,2010
Weather Conditions: clear and sunny
Wind: light
Ambient Temp: high 60’s
Water Temp.: 63.2
Water Clarity: good
Moon Phase: 66% waxing...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 10/24/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Rufus Woods
Date(s): Saturday October 23,2010
Weather Conditions: Cloudy and drizzle
Wind: none
Ambient Temp: Low 50's
Water Temp.: 62.1
Water Clarity: clear 15 feet
Moon Phase...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 5/3/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all day Sunday with out a bite. drifted at 2.2 mph mid river, 5.6 mph up near the dam. Water was low and fast. Wish I could figure out Rufus Walleye.
By: Gonzipheris
Posted: 4/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Rufus Woods and Lake Roosevelt (read my report for Lake Roosevelt also) for four days from April 3rd to April 6th. Both bodies of water produced nice fish and the weather cooperated as well...
By: fear no fish
Posted: 3/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was my third time ever to Rufus Woods but the best yet. I was fishing the upper net pens and the fish started biting at 7:30 and my grandpa and I were done by 9:00. We caught three 3 pounders a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/1/1900
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Myself and two friends recently fished around the net pens we loaded the boat just out of Elmer City and ran the 20 miles to the second set of net pens we trolled for several hours and threw every thi...
By: cant sleep
Posted: 1/6/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Howdy, Went to Chief Joe dam and went up to the lower pens. Spent four nights in Peteros and made the drive to the launch and fished three days from morning till dark, Mon thru weds, drove back ...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 10/27/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Woods on Sunday waether a little cool and overcast with spotty sun, Mid 50 int eh afternoon. Fished several rapids(former) with duble wammy wedding rings for walleye took home 3 and 1 ra...
By: Fishrepellent
Posted: 2/27/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This was our first trip to Rufus Woods. We fished next to the upper pens with a few other boats. The fishing was slow on the morning, but picked up after 12pm. We only caught the 1 fish, but it was a ...
By: charlie h.
Posted: 1/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hi Louie
It was great meeting you and Cindy , you guys are the Master Anglers of the Triploids . Thanks for the info on rigging up the jigs . This fish wern't interested after you left , saw one caug...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with my Buddies Glenn and Jay on Rufus. We decided to do some late day walleye fishing on friday. The bite was pretty tough and after a couple of hours all we had to show was a couple of missin...
By: johnvw
Posted: 5/31/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
from what we were told the fish had moved over the dam and into the lake below. fishing reports from below chief josephs dam said they were limiting out on 5 or more pounders a day.
By: bottom feeder
Posted: 11/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was on the water at Coyote Creek by 12:00 PM and were at the pens with only one boat in sight by 1 PM. Our lines were in the water inside the rope and catching comenced. Caught 7 fish from 2.5 to 7 lb...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 4/26/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Glenn and I headed to Rufus Woods today and it was worth the trip from Spokane. We were on the water by 0515 and I caught a 20 inch eye on the first cast, so great start to the day. We fished jigs and...
By: jerome iverson
Posted: 8/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
so 3 of us decided to drive from everett to rufus woods left at 3am got there around 630 i had 2 on that snapped my 8# test line like is nothing all of us got are limit these are the 6 we kept a...
By: Larrytwa
Posted: 9/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After 16 times to Rufus Wood and attempting to throw the entire fish box in things final came together. Wakeup time 330AM drive from Spokane to Rufus and drop in north of Pin 2 rough launch area. No...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 9/19/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday fished from Bridgeport launch all the way to pump house 5
and only fish all day was a 21 inch nice fat Rufus walleye.
Sunday broke camp early and drive back to Grand Coulee and launched at ...
