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By: ilv2fish
Posted: 9/14/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The wife and I decided we had enough of house remodeling projects and took the weekend off fishing! We thought we'd try a couple lakes that we haven't been too yet and Waitts was the first on the lis...
By: bamofbam
Posted: 6/28/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Heard Waitts was hitting pretty well so we decided to test our luck. We marked fish at about 20-30 feet deep and started jigging just as the sun went down. It was a beautiful night and we strarted c...
By: bamofbam
Posted: 6/29/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well guys what do you think, silvers or no?
By: fullybuilt2.0
Posted: 2/13/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Will stared on the ice around 11:30am. Things were slow for me at first because this was my first time here but I did do some homework on the lake the night before so I kind of had a idea where to fis...
By: Chengy87
Posted: 2/18/2012
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
had a good day at the lake today. Between me and my grandpa we caught 7 fishes. I caught two real nice browns approximately 19-20 inches. My grandpa caught 2 really nice ones roughly around the same s...
By: dabears
Posted: 5/13/2012
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Trolled from 11:00 am till 4:00pm. Caught over a dozen fish, mostly rainbows and a couple browns. Nice sunny day with very little wind. Most of the fish were caught on wedding rings and hot shots.
By: 509Pikey
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched kind of late at 8:30. Within 25the yds of the launch started marking fish. We started with a wedding ring and an F5 flatfish on downriggers and rippin minnows on planer boards. Picked up fish...
By: Uncle Bubba
Posted: 8/4/2015
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Staying at Silver Beach for a week. Very good fishing yesterday and this morning. Lots of action bait fishing with shoe peg corn with a mix of browns and rainbows. Largest rainbow was about 19" each m...
By: sportflyer10
Posted: 5/7/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
went fishing friday and today, had a great time. firday caught several 14-16 inch browns, and two rainbows. one 19 and the other 23 inches. today mainly caught small rainbows and three 14 inch browns...
By: Thomas Wayne
Posted: 6/3/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
A friend from work and I started out about 6:30 am and fished till 12:30, just before the storm( you could see it coming!). Between both of us we limited out. 6 german brown trout and 4 rainbow trout....
By: riprap101
Posted: 4/29/2010
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Just a couple ordinary average anglers on a new body of water can make for an interesting day. Started out trolling on top, deep, and somewhere inbetween. Picked up one 18" rainbow on a muddler minnow...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/3/2001
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/3/2001
Hot Spots: 0
The 3rd my wife and I fished for about 3 hours she caught a nice 18" rainbow and about noon and I caught about a 18 "brown and 20"brown real nice fish..
on the 5th we went back and there were a few ...
By: CoyoteCrazy
Posted: 11/23/2013
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/23/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Braved the 16* cold this morning to try for some big browns up at Waitts. Some duck hunters welcomed our arrival with a couple volleys at the numerous ducks. Our first fish came after about 10 mins ...
By: navy731
Posted: 8/31/2016
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 1
It was a very warm day, but we had to use the day that we had off work. Picked up a few perch and bass, but no lunkers ! A lot of fun anyway .
By: Uncle Bubba
Posted: 8/2/2018
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
On our annual week long trip to Waitts fishing is as consistent as ever. Easy limits daily. Still fishing in 25-35 feet of water with shoe peg corn will give you good action on rainbows with a few bro...
By: rpolensky
Posted: 5/6/2019
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7:30am to 12:30pm. Trolled 5 different lines with 5 different setups. Changed setups after trolling thru fish with no bites. Only ended up with (1) 1.5lb Brown and (3) throw back rainbows....
By: FisherKendall
Posted: 8/12/2019
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I took the family out to Waitts lake this weekend for a fishing and boating trip, and we stayed over at Winona Beach Resort. This is our first year with a boat, so I was excited to see what Waitts had...
By: FishPharm
Posted: 1/6/2020
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2020
Hot Spots: 1
We trolled worm harnesses with flashers along with a flicker shad to pick up quick limits. The rainbows and browns were both active with about even numbers of each being caught. Most of our fish were ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/30/2000
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/30/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all day at public launch, caught 10 small perch and one 18 inch rainbow caught by an eight year old pro who proceeded to give us all a lesson on how to fish.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/25/2004
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Waiits about 9 am, hoping the fish had woke up. I was float tubing and dragging wollybuggers and Carey specials around. I was marking fish around 10-15 feet deep but they ignored my offerings. A...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2004
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I caught my limit of 5 trout
I have fished this lake since 1948 when the game dept. would plant 90 to 100,000 fish every year. I think the limit was 17 then .Then as the years went by the plant fin...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2006
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Mom & Dad built a lake cabin on Waitts in 1958. They bought the lot from Dan VanDissel for $1750. Remember going to Silver Beach Resort at night in the early 60's to play pinball games and have hamb...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/3/2006
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Been fishing this lake since 1984. My brother and I went out about 6:00 am and limited by 10:30 am. We used leaded line, a Les Davis string troll, a wedding ring, and a night crawler. A good combo ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/28/2006
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2006
Hot Spots: 0
When I arrived at the lake, around 9:00 A.M., there was a thick cloud bank completely engulfing the entire lake. Visibility was only 50-100 yards. The fog didn't seem to bother the German Browns that ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/5/2007
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
August 1951 Off to Waitts Lakewith Mother, Grandfather, Sisters and brothers,and a cousin all from Spokane. Was at that time the Best Bass fishing in the whole State [our opinion] Great fishing fo...
