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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence Fishing Reports
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By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/26/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So with a trip planned to Eastern WA this weekend to celebrate Easter with our family in Wenatchee and Ephrata, my brother in law called Thursday and said we have to fish Saturday! Heck yea!! I left...
By: widebear
Posted: 3/30/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Keller Ferry early this morning and went up river farther than normal and glad we did. Hanson slowed down so tried a different spot. Fish are shallow in deeper water now and the pink hootchies wit...
By: weld22
Posted: 4/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It really was April Fool's Day. Hanson Harbor, Spring Canyon and Hawk Creek not a bite all day. Tried pink and orange, all depths and whole tackle box. Nothing.
Thankful for a beautiful day on t...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 3/17/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Rosevelt Rainbows
I fished for bows the last two days below Lincoln and had great success. We fished sandy flats 20-35' down on the rigger with trolling flies and no dodgers. Fished 1.7 mph which i...
By: widebear
Posted: 4/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Started up river from Keller at 7 and again it was good fishing. Three of us back at the ramp at 9. Getting the fish out of the sack and my buddy says this one is clipped. "WHAT!! So we checked all o...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Lately it seems that the first bite comes rather quickly. Well, no such luck today. Today something was "off" and we had to work pretty hard to get our Kokanee. Normally we've been able to pull our li...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My brother invited me out on his boat today so I could give him a Kokanee refresher course and get his boat bloody. His 4 year old was eager to catch a fish, so we grabbed Grandpa and headed down to R...
By: kshorey
Posted: 4/10/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Keller with my best friend and his cousin. The three of us grew up together and this was the first time we had all got to go out together in a long time.
On the water by 8:00 lines i...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/11/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I am starting off this report with today's tidbit, because I believe it is one of the most important items every boat owner should know or be aware of.
Today's tidbit. Make sure every electrical ap...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Today I got a chance to fish with NWFR staff member Rob Holman and a couple of friends back down to Roosevelt in search of more silver bullets. The drive took a little longer due to the fog, but we ma...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/27/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I'm loving this spring weather, and what a better place to enjoy it than at Lake Roosevelt fishing Kokanee.
The koke bite was hot and heavy this morning. We managed to pull our limit rather quickl...
Posted: 4/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Left Hayden Idaho at 6 am for my first ever trip to Lake Roosevelt. Looking to catch the Kokanee of my lifetime. stopped in at country lane RV park in Wilbur WA. to purchase my new license and two pol...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 5/7/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Guests and I spent another beautiful day at Roosevelt mining silver. Have I mentioned I really like fishing for these kokanee? Every fish that is landed is greeted with ooohs, and aaahs. This fishery ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
WOW what a great day fishing with friends Brick and Carey. Got to the launch around 8:00 and rods in by 8:30 or so. The lake had come up and the ramp to the dock was under water 1 foot or so. Wadin...
By: widebear
Posted: 5/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Feed bags are strapped on the Roosevelt Kok's. Mark them and go after them. Hitting everything we put down. WOW! Pic's are two different days. From 3.5 to 4.5lbs.
By: fishwacker
Posted: 5/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Just got back from a 3 day fishing trip at Lake Roosevelt - first time visit........looking for those awsome Kokanee. Day 1 - launched lines in the water by 8am, first fish in the boat by 8:20.......a...
By: widebear
Posted: 5/17/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
WOW again this morning. Started at 6 and done by 7:20 with our 4 fish. Lost several and released a couple smaller 18"ers and kept all over 20 to 22.5. Hootchies and apexes working well.
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So with my buddy Craig arriving Sunday to Park lake, I wanted to make this a special trip as he has missed the last 3 events with me due to a variety of misfortunes- so with all the great reports comi...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2- so now it was the time to take everything we learned from Capt. Dave and put it to the test! We set our alarms for 4 am and after some strong coffee set on the road again to Lake Roosevelt for...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Craig had to be done today by noon to head back to Longview so picked our last try and some of these world class kokanee! Got to the launch at 5am and were the 1st ones in the water but not too long ...
By: widebear
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
9 am start today quit at 4. Started at Swawilla and ended up by Hanson. SKUNKED. Couldn't mark any schooled fish at any depth. Nothing jumping or rolling. Just one of those days.
By: wetworker57
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Boated in to Plum Point Friday afternoon for the Memorial Day weekend, Fished Sat. and caught a dandy Rainbow 19" but were limited to a few 15" inch Walleye hitting our downrigger gear till lunch! Whi...
By: kshorey
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Keller with a slow start at 9:00am. My girlfriend's little sister had asked to go fishing so we didn't push it. Figured we could bring the dogs and have a good day, and we did.
Started ...
By: jechicdr
Posted: 6/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Left Spokane at about 5 a.m. Launched at Keller Ferry and headed down to Swawilla Basin. Couple of boats already out trolling. Marked a few fish in the 30-45 foot range but as the morning progresse...
By: widebear
Posted: 6/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 510 this morning and finally got the last one at 1230. You just have to stay after them and keep the bait in front of these pigs. All over four lbs.
