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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/1/1968
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/1/1968
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1955 through 1968
I've just become aware of your site, so I've decided to put a bit of a twist on your reports--a nostalgic twist.
Waitts Lake brings the fondest of memories to me from my childh...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/12/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/12/1998
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It was a cold rainy mouring in December hunting season was over
everybody was out shopping for x-mas.
It felt like the perfect time to get the line wet so I went to the local trout
lake to try my l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2000
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Started trolling from the ramp right as the sun started to rise. before I knew it I had a pretty good hit. It was only a 12 inch rainbow. Cast crainkbaits until about 9:30, with only a few hits. At ab...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/30/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/30/2000
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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: 1/3/2001
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/3/2001
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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: Anonymous
Posted: 6/29/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2002
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We went to waitts at 3:00 and started catching fish right away. We probably brought home 55 perch.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2003
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We launched at the public access about 12:30. We started catching fish as soon as we put our lines in the water. We were using orange and green wedding rings with a worm. You could catch as many pla...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2003
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Got sunburned in the morning and snowed on in the afternoon, but it was worth it.
Lots of plants very hungry and biting hard and fighting hard. Between dad and I, caught/released 10 beautiful rain...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/15/2003
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Father's Day - Limited Out
We have a friend w/ property on Waitts and she lets us use her dock and fire pit, great lady. For Father's Day, we spent the afternoon on the lake. My friend and his t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/25/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2003
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The fish was great as it always is at waitts. We caught somewhere around ten carry-over browns they went anywhere from 14 to 18 inches we caught these with four colors out and a green flatfish on. Dur...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2003
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The fishing was great this week not only were the carry-over German Browns hitting but also the bass. I think altogether I caught 12 bass (put them all back) the biggest were one 4 pounder and then ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2003
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I just found this site, while looking for a topo of Stevens County. Saw the nostalgic note of Roderic Gale.
More nostalgia. The lake was named after my great grandfather, George Waitt, who was t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2004
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Great to be back to the great lake.
First time out this year on Waitts. Weather was warm one minute and cold and blowing the next. Typical springtime in the area. The water was a little cho...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
3 friends and I still fished on the South and North end. Limited out and had to throw a few back. Beautiful day at the lake. Going back for more. Worms are the hit. See you out there.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2004
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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: 9/25/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/25/2004
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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: 7/3/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2005
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Went out late . got on lake around 9:30am , started trolling with leaded line and gangtroll w/ a night crawler . Ended up with limit in about two hours , fish ranged from 12 to 15 inchs . leaded line ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/2/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Stayed at the Winona Beach Resort for three days to do some fishing and family camping (a little spendy but they had plentiful docks for mooring near any camp site). I had heard that there was suppos...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2006
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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
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2006
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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
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2006
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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
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2007
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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...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2007
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We got there about 6 o clock in the evening and most "openers" were off the lake. We trolled around and got a lot of bites, and we ended up with 4 fish in the boat. All nice German Browns, the bigge...
By: Piratefootball39
Posted: 5/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I spend alot of time up here... Greet fishing lake.. Do mostly Trout fishing but caught a 4 lb. Bass jigging for crappie off of the dock. Opening weekend Limited out trolling with a Triple Teaser.
By: ruthven78
Posted: 7/9/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Well actually had the rare opportunity to go fishing with my dad in his boat out on Waitts Saturday night. He rents a slip there at Silver Beach Resort. We arrive at around 8:00pm and he took me to...
