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By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/22/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing at Rimrock lake a few weeks ago and managed to find an area holding some fish. I think they were about to spawn, they had amazing colors. Caught 4 I think, one was about 16 inches and 1...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/16/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/15/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I have been wanting to try Rimrock in the fall, so yesterday I got up early and made the 3.5 hour drive. Not only is the boat launch closed, but the road leading to it is gated as well, so there's no ...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/14/2022
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2022
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first fishing trip after moving back to Washington! I had to go get stuff out of storage in Yakima and so I took a detour up to RImrock lake. This is a lake where it's often hard to find fi...
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Posted: 8/10/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Got the boat out to Rimrock on Tuesday. Had consistent action along the southern bank. Forgot my fish finder at home but I've been skunked so many times here that I have a good feel of what doesn't wo...
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Posted: 7/10/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Took the boat out to Rimrock today. Got started around 10 am and stayed til about 2:30. Rare windless day and not many boats on the water. Fished long line rods with hoochies and a red rimrock special...
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By: Bigmike
Posted: 7/3/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rimrock from 8 to 11 am. Launched at silver beach. Began fishing across from ramp where several other boats were fishing. Marked most fish at 20 ft. Used standard flasher and wedding ring ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/25/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Launched from Horseshoe Cove boat launch at 6:50am and started fishing on the HWY 12 side of the lake. Didn't catch anything until around 9am. At this time the wind picked up and I let the wind drift ...
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Posted: 7/31/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My son James and I hit the road Friday as soon as I got home. Our plan was to drive to Rimrock lake, put the boat in the water and anchor up to a nice peaceful sunset, then go out in the morning and s...
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By: swies
Posted: 8/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/30/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Hit the water at 0800. Wind was blowing a ton but the promise was it would lay down a little later in the morning. Found fish in a few different areas. Using Ford Fender with wedding band and drop wei...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well summer is in full swing up at Rimrock- I've never seen so many people at my "secret" area. Lots of people camping and lots of water toys out on the lake. I got up there Friday night and fished u...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing at Rimrock again Sunday and had a pretty good day except for the wind. The water was high but I still managed to catch several trout and a few bulls. Spring is the only time I can ever ...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/23/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I should have known it would be a bad day for fishing as the weather forecast for the weekend up there is to get colder and colder plus wind and storminess thrown in. I read that when it's clear and w...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/17/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I took my kids on a picnic to Rimrock today and managed to catch a few fish. Rimrock is notoriously hard to fish, usually it's hard to locate and catch anything except Kokanee. I lucked out today and ...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/8/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to get in a fishing trip this week in spite of the heat, so I left bright and early and got to Rimrock at 6:00. The boat launch was deserted as I eagerly put the canoe in. I noticed the water...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/9/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Last year I caught several fish in early May here, so I wanted to try it again. I got there about 7 and the sun was already bright so I was concerned the fish would be in hiding, but they were active...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I needed to get some wilderness time, so I took my canoe to Rimrock lake for my first mountain trip of the season. Last year I caught several fish a certain part of the lake at the beginning of May. ...
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Posted: 6/18/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My family and I went to camp at Silver Beach Resort. I fished for about three days using all different types of set ups from spoons to worms to power bait, etc. I caught one dolly vrarden about 11" bu...
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By: panfisher
Posted: 6/9/2013
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Been do'n some cabin work at rimrock so I decided to toss one of my CRAW traps in to test the action. Pull'd about 3 doz keepers and had them for dinner. used trout heads/guts in a bait basket to lure...
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By: Frank6417
Posted: 8/25/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished down by the dam to get away from the wind and sail boats with not a lot of luck. We started at 8:00 caught 3 small kokanee about 6 inches, we left just in time as the ski boats and jet skies w...
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Posted: 7/14/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched the boat at Silver Cove and started fishing at 11:00am and stopped fishing at 3:00pm. The two of us limited out on Kokanee at 16 fish apiece. The fish were small with a size between 6-8 inc...
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By: chuckmfly
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 1
A quick trip to Rimrock today for "silvers" ok, "kokanee" to all the icthyologists out there because they are a landlocked sockeye. I grew up with them being "silvers" in Rimrock. That's what my 95 ...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Rimrock lake was very calm and pretty clear. We were excited to see a few sizable fish splashes while we were there, but we got skunked. I tried bait fishing and trolling spoons and a wedding ring spi...
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Posted: 7/1/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to rimrock yersterday and fished off the point. Caught my limit within 2 hours. Was fishing about 4 feet deep. I also caught a dandy trout that I would consider a rimrock lake trout. 25" lo...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Rimrock this morning with three friends, hoping to see the kokanee bite taking off. My neighbor Glen had the first fish in the boat about twenty minutes into it, and then nothing until the youngst...
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Posted: 6/21/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I took my dad to Rimrock today to go see how many silvers we could catch. We started out at nine in the morning with a slip bobber with a wedding ring with maggots fishing from shore on the point. W...
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