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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/18/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/18/2000
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Drove over to Banks on Sunday, set up camp and let the kids swim all afternoon. The water sure felt cold to me! We went out in the evening to the ledge on the south point of Steamboat and started fish...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2000
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Fishing great, catching so,so. Fished Osborne Bay
first daimio DAY! Sluggo's brown or Ten. shad.
Fished in the reeds. Used "J" hook center hooked
lost first 3 bass. Changed to gamagatsu wide gap
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Banks on Sunday and fished for smallys did fairly
well. They aggressively were hitting on topwater rapala's and
grubs, pumpkinseed were favorable. Averaged about 1 walleye a
day with one...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2000
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Fished from 7 a.m. to noon, catching many Smallmouth and 1 Largemouth bass up to 2 lbs. Most fish were shallow, within 6 feet of water or shallower, in rocky areas/beds. Largemouth was caught on a C...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2000
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Water temp. 54d. very high winds on sat. only high winds on sun. Sat. my son and I caught 3 largemouth over 12 in. - 3smallmouth over 12 and 2 smaller smallys. On sun. we caught 2 large smallmouth ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/1999
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Fished mid-lake again. Straight out from launch on other side of lake. Caught 4-5 nice sized bass in about 2-3 hours. Fished from 6-9 pm. Used top water gear. No wind, nice temp, great time.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Banks on Thursday before the long weekend. Caught
two bass the first night in about 2 hours. The rest of the weekend was lousy for fishing. In many hours of fishing the next 3 days, ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/25/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/1999
Hot Spots: 0
My long anticipated trip to Banks Lake was great. After leaving rainy Seattle behind, my sons and I arrived to mild (70's) sunny weather. We set camp and hit the water in search of walleye and bass. W...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry if I repeat!First day Osborn bay two l pound bass . 2nd. day, Devils punchbowl.White spinner bates.11 bass.to 2-1/4lbs.outside rocks.3 day Slug!! in Osborn. reeds. 6 l pound bass. 4th day Bark...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Myself and my brother arrived at Banks at noon for our first outing
on that lake. Instantly my brother landed a beautiful 16 inch rainbow followed by a 3 pound smallmouth trolling a gold colored rap...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Went to mid lake and fished the pigeon hole. Caught 5 nice sized bass in about 3 hours, only got 2 in the boat. Biggest was 3-3 1/2 pounds. They hit on a floating lure, one was brownish the other o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Day trip to Banks Lake, Beautiful weather,
lake pretty much to ourselves -- I think we saw about 6 or 7 other boats all afternoon. Fished north east side for walleye early. Caught one nice one in...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/24/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Stayed in Electric City on our yearly fall trip to Banks, and
launched at the Rest Area launch on Thursday. Beautiful weather,
lake pretty much to ourselves -- I think we saw about 3 or 4
other bo...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Every time I travel to Eastern Washington I am struck by the barren landscape that greets me, and yet I am drawn to it at the same time. I took my two boys on a weekend trip of fishing, swimming, and ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/24/1997
Hot Spots: 0
We camped on the south shores of this lake Friday and Saturday nights. There were a lot of fish jumping but I could not tell what they were (definitely not trout). I cast some of my bass and other war...
