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Posted: 11/24/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/15/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got around to edit video for the second night we fished. Since fall season is here, we headed out to chase the fall walleye bite here in Washington State. We had a good two nights of fishing f...
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Posted: 11/17/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Since fall season is here, we headed out to chase the fall walleye bite here in Washington State. We had a good weekend of fishing for walleyes, and this is the first of two nights we fished. Click...
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Posted: 11/12/2023
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/12/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day. Most fish were small. A few walleye a few bass and a few panfish. Luckily my fishing partner had a hot hand for cat fish! 9lbs and 13lbs! Always good to be out. Tight lines.
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Posted: 11/10/2023
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Since I haven't been fishing with my younger brother for a while, I decided to take trip to fish for some fall crappie. Click below link to see our trip.
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Posted: 11/6/2023
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/5/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Went with Glenn and another buddy to Potholes. The bluegills are still biting if you can find the right fish boxes. We cleaned two livewells full of gills, about 13 eyes and 4 crappie. Drop shot with ...
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Posted: 11/5/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/5/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Good day at the potholes after not fishing there for a few months. Only 6 walleye and a few panfish but sent my buddy home with a nice bag if fillets. Last fish of the day was a nice 23 in walleye(pic...
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Posted: 10/22/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/21/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Went with Glenn and another buddy to Potholes. I gave the day a 4 because of the number of bluegills we caught. We started off throwing jigging raps and jigs for eyes but the bite was pretty slow so d...
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Posted: 9/23/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Took Mike with me to Potholes. The launch at the state park is shallow but usable. The cold front that passed through seems to have slowed down the bite. Mike caught an eye and two small bass with a ...
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Posted: 9/3/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Went with Glenn to Potholes. We spent the whole day trolling smile blades between the humps off the face of the dunes. We caught about 20 or so eyes and cleaned our 16 fish limit. We also caught 40 or...
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Posted: 7/28/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Took Mike with me out to Potholes. I would have given the day a 5 if we had been fishing for bullheads, we caught 30. Only caught 1 eye. We trolled the offshore humps out in front of the dunes. A char...
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Posted: 7/23/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2023
Hot Spots: 0
It was Glenn's turn to drive. We launched his Lund at first light and headed towards Crab creek. The lake dropped at least 2 feet since last weekend. We started trolling spinners in the same area as l...
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Posted: 7/16/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't been posting any reports but I have been fishing. Both Glenn and I have fished the Arm, Long Lake and Glenn has also fished Kettle. They have all been slow for us so I thought we should try ...
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Posted: 6/25/2023
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Camped at the state park Mon-Thurs. Mon and Tues were too windy for our liking with sprinkles here and there. Weds cleared up and winds calmed down significantly. We tried to hit up the ripraps but...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/23/2023
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I went camping and fishing at Potholes reservoir this weekend. I got there late Saturday, set up my tent, and started seeing fish jumping. I got on the water and only could entice one, but it was 2.5-...
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Posted: 4/7/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2023
Hot Spots: 0
It’s Spring 2023 that means walleye fishing is upon us in Washington State. Took the clan and headed East for some action. It’s still fairly early, but the run just got started. Click link below: ...
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Posted: 11/18/2022
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/17/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Needed a Crappies fix, so went for Fall Crappies over Eastern Washington. Catch And Cook Fall Crappies.
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Posted: 11/4/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2022
Hot Spots: 0
What could be better than chasing Fall walleyes from shore, and cook up a sweet and sour soup to warm you. Click on video to see
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Posted: 10/30/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/29/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day on Potholes unless your name was Mike. I drove the boat, Glenn netted the fish and Mike caught them. We spent most of the day trolling and unless you had on a pink smile blade with pink and ...
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Posted: 10/15/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/15/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Mike and I enjoyed a glorious October day on Potholes. First stop yielded a largemouth for Mike on a jig and I caught 2 gills and a bullhead on a dropshot. Then we went trolling. We didn't catch our f...
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By: ElliottM
Posted: 10/14/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I've had a love-hate relationship with Potholes over the years, but yesterday was a great day. I fished for about 2.5 hours in the morning and caught two walleye, a bass that I released, and a very bi...
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Posted: 10/8/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/7/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Took a buddy from work out to Potholes. Dan was up from NC and had never been walleye fishing. We started off jigging some humps. He caught a 3lb largemouth on a pink/yellow hair jig on his first cast...
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Posted: 10/2/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/1/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Went with Glenn to Potholes. We launched out of the state park and went to some humps that have been productive in the past. After 2 hours of jigs, jigging raps and a casting spoon all we had to show ...
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Posted: 9/6/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/6/2022
Hot Spots: 0
First off. The launch at the state park is terrible because of the low water level. You can only launch from the north side of the main launch. The water is only 1.5 feet deep heading out into the lak...
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By: C-dro
Posted: 8/29/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/13/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Good ol' Potholes Resovoir to give it a try for some Rainbow Trout. We planned on camping for four days with some family that was visiting from Oregon who I grew up with back in our home...
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Posted: 7/14/2022
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Its July 2022, and summer is in full swing. What is better than to spend a summer day than to go Crappie fishing? So we head over to Eastern Washington to try to catch some Crappies. We found out that...
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