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By: cenels2
Posted: 11/26/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled the buoy line from sun up until about 1:00. We were trolling black woolly buggers about 35 yards behind the boat at 1.4MPH. Fish averaged between 4 and 5 pounds with some up to nine pounds. ...
By: bob
Posted: 1/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Rufus Woods today. Kinda cold, 18 degrees. Fished from 8:30am to 9:15 am and had our limits. One 8 pounds, one 6 pounds, and 2 four pounds. Also lost two at the boat that were approx 5 pounds ...
By: bob
Posted: 1/12/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
another long drive to Rufus woods today. Cloudy and 28 degrees when we got there at 8 am. Fished until about 10 am keeping four fish. The biggest we landed was 5 lbs. with the other three from 3 to 4 ...
By: Anglinarcher
Posted: 3/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After I completed work at the Dam today, I took a short fishing troll up from the Mitigation Boat Ramp. The fishing for most seemed a little slow, but I hit a quick 5# on a Black and Silver Zonker, r...
By: solid7
Posted: 5/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
First time out with "Joe" from Darrell & Dad Guide Service, Great day for all! Perfect weather (no rain, light wind) Joe is a true professional that was kind enough to share his knowledge of Rufus Woo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Woods from 7 am to 12:30 pm. We both caught and released around 15 trout each. The biggest being 5 pounds, with the average fish running between 1-2 pounds. This is a great lake with ple...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to go fishing with Aaron , and Joe Heinlen and Anton Jones of Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service (www.darrellanddads.com). We fished from 7am through 3:30pm and had a great day! The morning bi...
By: Aaron
Posted: 11/6/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Great fishing was had by all! We caught 55 triploids, and 2 perch as well! Water temp was 59 degrees all day. Air temperature was more like 45. :(
When the bite was on, it was ON! Many doubles were...
Posted: 11/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Another successful fun filled trip to Rufus...Banged 41 Bows...Had 2 clients from Seattle area...trolled my hotspots between pumps 1 and 4 ...consistently caught fish on both shorelines trolling betwe...
Posted: 11/11/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on Rufus Woods...Boated over 40 Rainbows today.. Weather conditions were very trying with wind gusting to over 25 mph..But managed to troll with the wind to produce fish today..Fish...
Posted: 11/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing at Rufus continues to chug along..Fishing in the lower basin by the dam has been good the first couple hours in the mornings..Catching alot of fish in that 16 to 20 in range during this time.....
By: Big D
Posted: 11/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I made it to Rufus Woods early Saturday morning. On the water warm and dry at 9:00 am with the help of a couple of local fishermen. (Thanks Guys) My fishing buddy bailed at the last minute and I told ...
By: Big D
Posted: 11/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
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On the water at 9:00 am with father in law. Water temp 50 degrees. Air temp 40ish. Very nice day with a high overcast sky. Trolled the can line and that side of the ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at Rufus Woods had a good time but fishing has slowed down a lot from the years past. Caught a few nice fish around the 6lb. to 8lb. range. A new company has bought the 2 upper set of ne...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the weekend is over and all is great. The fishing on Rufus the past few days was great as usual but the catching was slower Saturday .
Friday we could not keep the fish off our hooks. The ...
By: Big D
Posted: 3/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Rufus Woods this morning from 10:00 until 3:00 this afternoon with my daughter that's home on leave from the Air Force. (Check out her Gortex) Water temp was 35 degrees. Launched and went strait t...
By: Big D
Posted: 3/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
((Rufus Woods, The memory maker)) Today was awesome. It was the last full day I had to spend with my daughter until she returns from Afghanistan and we made the most out of it. We were on the water at...
By: Big D
Posted: 4/5/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I was able to talk my wife into hitting Rufus Woods with me today for her first time. Water temp 37 degrees. Air temp 60+ & "NO" wind. The water was like glass. Reports from several different fisherme...
By: outdoor chris
Posted: 4/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/3/2009
Hot Spots: 3
Hit the water a bit late, had to take care of a few things around the place before we left but got started about 10 am. Water temp. is still fairly cold, although its nice not to see ice forming...
By: Big D
Posted: 4/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife is out of town on business so I hit RW early this morning. I was on the water at 6:30 am. The water was smooth when I first started trolling the south bank moving up river from the corps boat ...
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well got to change things up this Last week from Fishing Chelan to Fishing Rufus...Started off low in the lake trolling my style Wooley Bugger with an action disc to boat our first 10 bows with 1 that...
By: Big D
Posted: 5/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife said this morning that she wanted to go to Rufus Woods to do some fishing and I never argue with her. So…after watching Hawg Quest I went outside to get the boat in order. As I was readying th...
Posted: 5/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains very good fishing for Laketrout with a Chinook mixed in here and there but this was a change of pace for me to go to Rufus Woods..The bite in the 1st 3 hours was hotttt...We boated...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I talked with a Game Warden at the corps boat launch just prior to launching my boat today (Sunday 14 June) at noon and he confirmed that Pacific Seafood lost 32,000 triploids from their pens in the 4...
Posted: 10/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods is picking up....I do expect it to get real hot as soon as we get some colder weather....Surface Temperature is still hovering above the 60 degree mark..
Had alot of fish follow our pre...
