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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/1998
Hot Spots: 0
My best day at Amber so far this year saw me catch 15 fish in a little under
two hours. This took place between 7:45pm and 9:30 pm on May 14th. The fish
were actively feeding on emergers well after ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/1998
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/1998
Hot Spots: 0
On the spur of the moment ( 8pm) I fiendishly went on a mad dash to get my
waders on and my tube and rod rigged up, and headed to Amber lake. I broke
several land speed records, and managed to gear ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/1999
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Amber at 3:00 Sunday despite the wind and rain and
was really glad I did. Amber is fishing fantastic this year. The average
fish is about 14 to 15 inches and there are lots of them. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2000
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2000
Hot Spots: 0
There were more float tubes and pontoon boats on Amber today than I've ever seen. That's why I didn't show up until about 5:30 PM. The crowd began to disperse around 7, and the fish began actively ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/16/2000
Hot Spots: 0
report = Well the sun was shining in Eastern Washington, so my roommate and
I decided to head up to Amber lake to try our luck with the lake Trout. We
arrived at the lake in the middle of the after...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2001
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I teach a fly fishing class for EWU and last night was our outing to Amber Lake. We had a total of 6 rods in the water with 3 of them being first time fishermen.
Overall the lake treated us well....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/2001
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the lake for 3 hours on Friday and 6 hours on Saturday.
I hooked my first fish on Saturday around 11:00.
I had spent quite a bit of time working the shoreline with
an intermediate line and...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/2001
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/10/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake shortly after 7:00 PM, I started out deep with a brown and olive carey soon changing over to black bugger. The only fish caught that night was a nice 18 inch rainbow. Plenty of fi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/7/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Known for it's abundance of willing trout and the destination of many novice flyfishers, Amber has proven to be, without doubt, one of the most productive water sheds in eastern Washington. On any gi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/25/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/25/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks Tyler -- anytime
Well what a day. We arrived at amber just at first light. Had snow coming down the whole time but no wind till 11500. Great day for John with a total of ten fish. One ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2002
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to Amber for the second time since it opened in mid March. The trip proved to be a lot more successful.
I witnessed one of the largest midge hatches I have seen at Amber during the two ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/16/2002
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/16/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Amber for the second time, but didn't stay very long due to wind and family matters.
Water temp. was 70, down from 76 just a few weeks earlier.
Fished a Doc Spratley, slow drift. No resu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/25/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I got on the water at 5:00 pm. The weather was perfect , 74 degrees, slight variable breeze and partly cloudy. The surface water temperature was 72 degrees, with a moderate algae bloom. The insect ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/20/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Amber Lake on Friday Sept 20 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It was a sunny day in the high 60s/low 70s. The water temp was 62 when I started and 64 when I quit. I caught 17 rainbow, two of whic...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got a chance to go out fishing for a bit. According to the Spokesman Review, Amber was fishing the best in the area and since it is only 8 miles from my house, Amber was where I was headed....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2003
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
It was a cold wet day opening day fishing but the next day was beautiful. I got to the lake around 8:30 it was very warm and beautiful. They were biting on mostly pink power bait and this special scen...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We got there in the boat about 9:00am when the early crowd was starting to drop off. Everyone that I talked to said that after 9:00 am you can't do any good again until the evening. We headed over to...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/11/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2003
Hot Spots: 0
If you want hard fightin' bows, this is the place to go. Since no surface activity was visible, I started (and finished) with a Wolly Bugger on a sinking line. Olive with a grizzly hackle was unstop...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 11:00 a.m. on Memorial Day. Moderate to strong s.w. wind and 65 degrees. The water temp. was surprisingly cool for this time of the year- 59 degrees.
Caught the first fish at 11:...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/14/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Amber is looking like it is shaping up for a fine fall fishing season. After running errands on Sunday, I high tailed to the lake to catch the last hour of fishing. When I arrived, the water was cal...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/1/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Williams late season fish off was magical! In the 12 hours of trolling I caught 59 trout! Under special regs, the state is rehabbing the lake, all fish were keepers! Caught a lot of sunfish. T...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/7/2003
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
arrived at amber and carried the 12-foot aluminum row boat to the water at 10:40 a.m. Wind was blowing steady 15- to 20-mph. Four pontoon float tubers (two with electric motors) were there casting fli...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/30/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2004
Hot Spots: 0
So when is catching only 1 fish a satisfying day of fishing? When you haven't been fishing for 4 months and the fish is a big one. I finally got a day free to go fishing and headed out to Amber this...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Amber in the afternoon to early evening. Partly cloudy with a decent Northeasterly blowing. Fished Olive Woolly Bugger for hour and a half with no results. Switched to a damsel nymph and had no...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/30/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I fished for about two hours between 2:30 P.M. and 4:30 P.M. and landed eight fish (all released). Four of which were over 16 inches and pretty good fighters. The other four were around 10-12 inches. ...
