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Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Banks Lake Walleye fishing continues to be nothing short of on fire!
We kept 2 limits of 15" to 16.5" Walleye with a 20" big one as well! We were using Mack's Lure Slowdeath Rigs in Gold, Purple, Cha...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/11/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Warm water conditions on Cda Lake have had me on the sidelines as far as pike fishing goes lately. When the eater cools down they should pick up. That hasn't happened yet so I thought I would get in o...
By: LordoftheFlies
Posted: 8/14/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day chasing walleye with friend DT. Second time on Banks lake, started catching fish right after getting bottom bouncers with Walleye Delight lures, in green and orange colors + worms. fishe...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/16/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Fished Banks with the Packernut yesterday in the steamboat rock area. The fishing was again on fire with lots of action. We managed 57 walleyes between the two of us. We released a ton of small fish a...
By: bluewater16
Posted: 8/19/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Tried Banks for first time in 25 years. Had To after reading all the reports. Not sure where we were just followed the boats
We were about 5 miles south of steamboat next to hyway where a spring come...
By: wafisherman20
Posted: 8/20/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2015
Hot Spots: 3
well, back from my european sports adventure for the summer, and naturally what do i want to do? GO FISHIN! so i head out with my dad on a two day adventure for salmon on wenatchee and walleye on bank...
By: clawman
Posted: 8/30/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Amazing how quick you can catch a limit now. Either troll a #5 shad rap in purplesecent at 10'-12' of water or throw a 4" swim bait on 1/4 oz head. Look for weeds and fish on the outside edge.
You sh...
By: bluewater16
Posted: 8/31/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/31/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Banks this morning. I forgot how bad the wind out of the south can make that lake. Finally gave it up at 1:00 pm. Did manage two get to limits of 14 to18" walleye and c&r'd two nice smallies 2....
By: nwbhoss
Posted: 9/2/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2009
Hot Spots: 2
I fished Walleye for the first time and Banks Lake for the first time last weekend. It took a couple days to figure things out and fighting the wind but we picked up some good info and ended up landin...
Posted: 9/15/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2015
Hot Spots: 3
This report is for both weekends of September!
The Walleye fishing at Banks Lake continues to be absolutely amazing! It is going to continue to be red hot well into this fall. We have been catching...
By: Prazerm
Posted: 9/20/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2015
Hot Spots: 3
First time fishing Walleye. Watched alot of videos and called some friends for tips. Got on water at Steamboat at 7:30. Headed out across lake from the back of Steamboat Rock. Bottom bouncers and ...
By: LordoftheFlies
Posted: 9/27/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
trolled Banks lake again with Slow Death rig with silver smile blade on bottom bouncer (1 oz.) put in at Steamboat Rock and went South. Fished 15 - 25 ft at 1.2 mph once we found some fish we kept c...
By: fishin2
Posted: 10/8/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2015
Hot Spots: 3
My partner and I fished Banks Lake in the Barker Canyon area. We caught twelve walleye 13" to 17" in length. It was a nice fishing.
By: OldFishGuy
Posted: 10/9/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Off to Banks Lake with my Grandson to try for Walleye. Neither of us had ever fished for them before. We bought some of those leaded wire bottom bouncers, a couple colored spinners with double hooks...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 10/11/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Hit the water at 3 pm to fish this lake that I had never done before. Found my way to the flats and dropped the rods. Since I was solo I was a bit nervous, but I trusted my electronics. Wind was just ...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 10/11/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Day 2= met up with my buddy and headed to the flats again. Filled with confidence from a pretty quick day before we hit it hard. Today we had to battle to get our fish, but by the end my buddy had his...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 2/8/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First of all, its hard to believe I'm sending a report for Banks Lake on February 8th for walleye. The entire lake is ice free as of this weekend. The water temperatures are 38-39 degrees in the main ...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 2/15/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The walleye bite was on today at Banks Lake. Caught numerous fish today ranging in size from 16-27 inches. Everything came on the new Mack's Lure SpinDrift Rig. This bait is far and away out fishing a...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 2/22/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The walleye bite remains very strong at Banks Lake. Fish are holding in 35-50 feet and are munching down on the Mack's Lure Spindrift Walleye Rig tipped with a whole crawler. Slow trolling with 2 ounc...
By: Oceanlord26
Posted: 3/9/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water. The docks are in at Steamboat, so launching is not a problem. All the walleye were caught between 40 and 45 feet. Used a Mack's Lure chartreuse blade with a slow death hook...
By: Oceanlord26
Posted: 3/11/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Day two for this trip. Fished Barker Flats along with five other boats - 40- 50 ft with Mack's Smile blade and worms with the Slow Death Hook behind 1.5oz bottom bouncers. Boated the limit but misse...
Posted: 3/11/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/8/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We fished Banks lake this past Sunday and found some great success. We targeted water that was 40 to 50 feet deep. The surface temp was 43 tp 44 degrees. Our best crawler harness patterns were gold in...
By: Oceanlord26
Posted: 3/20/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/16/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Just got back from another three day trip to Banks Lake. It's unfortunate but my wife has volunteered all the fish for Sunday dinner.
Great trip, slow at times and frustrating at others. Went to Ba...
By: wallmama
Posted: 9/22/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2014
Hot Spots: 3
WT: 64-70 F, northern wind <= 5 mph, lake level was very low; 5-6 ft lower than full pool, water was stained, weeds are dying: cabbage are dead, Millfoil Ok,
Fished flats on north and middle section...
By: wallmama
Posted: 9/25/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
WT: 64-70 F, northern wind <= 5 mph, lake level was very low; 5-6 ft lower than full pool, water was stained, weeds are dying: cabbage are dead, Millfoil Ok,
Fished flats on north and middle section ...
