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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Between 6:45 and 8:30 a.m. the two of us limited out trolling using either wedding ring lures w/worm or black w/silver glitter flat fish lures. Most bites and all catches were made with the latter. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Headed back to West Medical today in an attempt to target some larger rainbows. Anchored my pontoon boat in 23 feet of water and fished chironomids, AP emergers, hare's ears and other nymph patterns ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off the dock from 5:00 til a little after 8:00......nada. Would've felt worse but only one other fish was caught by anyone else on the dock the whole time I was there. **Fish Story Alert** H...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Our crew hit West Medical at about 9:00 and fished until 3:00. At least 40 fish to net between the 3 of us, all rainbows, while fishing chironimids, leeches and various nymphs with barbless hooks. A...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/30/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I tried the Public Fishing Area from shore EARLY this morning; very SLOW at first and COLD, prior to sunrise. However, once the sun came up, I was able to catch a limit of 11"-13" rainbows with orang...
By: glastron876
Posted: 4/30/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake at about 6:30am, while there were a lot of boaters I did not consider it as CRAZY as other, I think there could of possibly been 30-40 boats on the entire lake, probably close to 1...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Marshmallow, then worm, then rainbow power bait pulled in one 20 in rainbow and lost half dozen more. The weeds on the other side of the fence from the boat launch make it hard to get them to shore wi...
By: bustin
Posted: 4/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
After no success on Medical Lake for an hour or so, we packed up and made the two minute trip to West Medical Lake. It was crazy there. So many people it was outrageous. We started with some bobber fi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/27/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Lot of algae but still able to limit. Usually takes 2 1/1 to 3 hours. slow troll a muddler minnow with a 3/4 inch piece of crawler behind a #4 silver flasher at 9-12 ft deep going 1.2 to 1.4 mph. Lo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/21/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/21/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Only spent about 30 minutes there during a lunch break, it was my first trip there, but certainly not my last since I work less than 5 minutes from it with 1 hour lunch breaks. I would like to try out...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/4/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Went from 7am to 11am got a few but not as big or as many as in the past. Only saw 3 or 4 other boats but Didn't see anyone else catch anything. The water was covered in alge and was pretty warm. hopf...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Caught and released 8 fish had to keep one he swallowed the fly. 5 fish were over 17 inches. Trolled a muddler minnow 24 to 36 inches behind a silver #4 dodger going between 1.0 to 1.3 mph in about ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished two lakes this morning, West Medical and Medical. Haven't kept any fish this year but have decided it's time for a fry! Started at West. Hit one large rainbow, 18", immediately on a black snoco...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2006
Hot Spots: 0
My partner, Den, and I hooked up for a day of fly fishing. Took his boat instead of pontoons so we could get to north end. Water temp mid 50s and air temp about 60 with light winds. Fished chironimid ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the last couple days tossing chronies at West Medical. Caught a couple dozen fish, all rainbows except for one brown. Fish are, on average, much smaller than in past years, when at least half of...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/5/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Lake has slowed down a lot the last couple of weeks. A lot of algae in the water. Best bet is orange power bait with gold flakes fished off bottom early. Trolling picks up as the heat warms up. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2005
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Have not failed to limit in 6 tries this year. Today fishing was slow took 3 hours to catch and release 10 fish. Most in the 13-14 inch range, but one nice 23 inch brown. Fish green, yellow and o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2005
Hot Spots: 0
ME AND A BUDDY OF MINE HEADED OUT TO THE LAKE AROUND EIGHT OR SO.WE HIKED ABOUT A HALF MILE IN THE RAIN TO OUR SPOT. WE USED POWER BAIT AND A WORM WITH AROUND SIXTEEN INCHES OF LEADER.ONCE WE CAST OUT...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
West Medical is well stocked and good fishing. There was an earlier report referencing potential contamination of rainbow trout in West Medical. I ate one once and it tasted like mud. Check out thi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/11/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is excellent on West Medical Lake, if you know where to fish and what to use you will catch large trout, every fish was 16-20inches long and real fighters. Lots of fish 2-3lbs, two of us limit...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/27/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Water temp dropped 10 degrees fish are hitting in the ten foot range. Use standard silver cowbells followed by a wedding ring tipped with a big night crawler and a trailer hook. Troll in the midd...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Been fishing West Medical all summer, never failed to limit. Use a flat fish #5 chartreuse, orange and red trolling between 14 to 17 feet. Lake is choked out with algae but you should still limit in...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went early Saturday morning from 6am to 8 from the rocks. few hits lots of nibblers caught 1. Decided to head over near the boat launch and fish from the paved area and caught 5 rainbows including a 2...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished West Medical Lake on 5 July 2004, 9:30 to 11:00 am. Algal bloom
in full swing. Many bank fishermen in public access area. From boat
launch trolled to and along west side of lake using F7 go...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Took the boat out to West Medical Lk and tried trolling for an hour or so...hooked up w/ a beautiful brownie on a tiger striped rapala and had no more luck after that...decided to drop anchor and try ...
