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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: taimun2001
Posted: 5/9/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Second day in a row on waitts. We started about 8am under heavy fog- probably couldn’t see more than 8-10 feet in front of us. We immerse started marking small fish at around 11-16 FOW. I had three ro...
By: Fishingdve
Posted: 4/25/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/24/2016
Hot Spots: 1
My buddy and I went out to Waitts on Sunday to try out our new downriggers. The fish were suspended about 25 feet down which made it pretty easy to get too them. We started about 10:00 and fished u...
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: riprap101
Posted: 5/14/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Pops and I hit Waitts for the first time. Have been told about some nice browns, so we thought we would give it a shot. Ended the day with five browns, biggest was 23in., smallest was 18in. Also caugh...
By: fishjtr
Posted: 5/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Trolling gold spoon perch pattern caught lots of dinks and four good browns. Weather was overcast and windy. Sun would bust through occasionally. Had a great time. Will try to figure out how to post p...
By: eustace
Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Whent up to see how my nephews were doing on the camping/fishing trip. They had caught three fish in the morning all at 8". So we decided to give it a try. We didn't fair any better, by six that eveni...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to take the wife to Clear lake for some trout but forgot about the Bloomsday traffic so we headed up to Waitts instead, turned out to be a better choice. The wind was brutal but we managed a c...
By: fishinPA
Posted: 5/23/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up to Waitts for the first time in a couple of years. Took a novice fisherman who said a black cloud followed him when it came to catching fish. We trolled across the southern end of the lake...
By: old rocky
Posted: 6/23/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Just bought a fishing boat, after about 10 years with NO boat! Went out to Waitts Lake, got there around 11 AM, started trolling right after leaving the public access. Used a red wedding ring tiped wi...
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: QueenMaryCaptain
Posted: 5/21/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished a few hours at Waitts to get the girls into some EZ trout action. Lots of bites, got a couple planters in the boat. Tried to locate some perch and couldn't find them.
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: starman371
Posted: 6/4/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at 8 AM (little later than I normally get out). I tried a Rooster Tail, which is usually a good producer there. This time I didn't have much luck, so I switched to trolling using lead core...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to waits lake 06/23/11 fished from 6pm until 9(would have fished longer due to the bite, but didn't have a boat light). Boated 1 brown and 6 rainbows or brood trout( anyone know the difference i...
By: DannyP
Posted: 11/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 1130 and started trolling north from there using a rippin minnow long lined. Did not take long at all to catch a nice brown trout. Continued fishing and put a flasher red apex combo on l...
By: tomnordman
Posted: 12/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Waitts today after reading a good report from last week and had a great day of catching. The fish are a bit smaller than the ones I am use to from Rock Lk but very healthy with bright red meat. We...
By: DannyP
Posted: 12/4/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched a little after 11 and started trolling from the ramp. First fish on in less than 5 minutes. Caught a mixture of Browns and Rainbows all on rippin minnows on the surface. Wife and daughter ...
By: DannyP
Posted: 12/5/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake again today and started out at 10. There was some ice that formed overnight in the shallows near the launch. Trolled rippin minnows again with good success. Friend tried a fly with an ...
By: ifish4ever
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Took my kids to Waitts on Sunday (4-29) for limits of Trout (Browns and Rainbows). Trolled spinners with nightcrawlers on downriggers and lead core. Fished from 10-25' and caught fish at most depths. ...
By: ifish4ever
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kids fishing for Trout on Waitts Sunday. We trolled spinners and easily caught our limits or Browns and Rainbows at depths of 10 to 20'.
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...
