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17 - Rufus Woods Fishing Reports
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/9/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished afternoon of Feb 3,all day of the 4th, and morn. of 5th. A little chilly in the mornings, but warmed to about 36-37 deg. in the afternoon. About 14 deg. in the morn. Bite was stronger in the mo...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 4/24/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had another great day on the Columbia although it is becoming quite crowded. launched at about 0600 and we were off the water by 1400, right when the rain started. 50+ fish day, kept 18 eaters, with b...
By: josephp
Posted: 12/1/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late report:
Hit Rufus Woods for the first time this colder season, caught our limit on trout though. We had a slow start from the upstream launch then moved down towards the islan...
By: Honda
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Seatons Grove and headed down to the first set of net pens. Mainly fished the edge of the bar on the pen side. Were using mainly white tubs and just drifting with the current. Managed 5 tr...
By: josephp
Posted: 2/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/31/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was slower then last time but was still good. all fish were on either Red/White/Blue Powerbait or Nightcrawler and white marshmallow rig. We were casting spoons and rooster tails with no luc...
By: Honda
Posted: 10/23/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late report!!!
We launched at Seatons Grove and headed down to the top net pens. We started fishing around 7:30 and landed 7 smaller but nice triploids by about 1:00 pm!!! fishing wa...
By: Walleye4ever
Posted: 4/17/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus is low and had never seen it like that, bite was slow or I just did not know where to fish. Caught 6 awesome fish, 3 over 22 and all over 16. Makes the smalleyes in Roosevelt look sad. Wish I c...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 6/2/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Lake or River Fished: Rufus Woods
Target Species: Walleye Rainbow
Date(s) Fished: Friday May 30, 2014
Weather Conditions: Sunny and Cl...
By: Jipper
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus until 2 am got two limits between the 4 of us
By: CCTMark
Posted: 4/3/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day for me at Rufus. My first outing of the year there and it is still a bit early for the walleye bite. The full moon probably didn't help either. I launched at Seaton's Grove and went down to ...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 5/30/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Rufus on Sunday to avoid the crowds on Roosevelt. On the water by 1400 and had the first eye on my second cast; ended up being the biggest fish of the day at 6 lbs. She was a spawned out hen ...
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: CCTMark
Posted: 4/12/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
For the first time in a couple of years I got skunked; luckily my buddy Jay caught 2 trout and 1 nice 21" walleye.
The water level is down about 8-10' and there is very little current; both are ba...
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: 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: 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: 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.
By: nc
Posted: 3/28/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Jigged, pulled worm harness and plugs around Nespelem bar with not a bite, saw 3 fish caught water was 37 degrees
Posted: 5/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Ok my first report!.
At 8 am or so I launched at the Boat Launch above Chief Joe dam, one other boat trailer was there. .
I rigged up and started fishing 100 yards from the boat dock.
I sta...
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: fishindoc
Posted: 2/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I went for a long truck ride today. There was 3-4 inches of ice for at least 100 feet in front of the launch at Seton Grove. We checked the unimproved launch below the first net pens. From th...
