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Posted: 3/3/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We headed out for Pateros early this last Friday to check some steelhead off the mouth of the Methow river. I had not been up to my normal target ground in about a month but usually this time of year ...
Posted: 4/30/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I did some spring Chinook fishing off the mouth of the wind river. We started the morning pulling fish flash with cut plug herring on 2 rods, a 4.5 maglip and a 3.5 maglip (payday) (cowgirl) were the...
Posted: 10/29/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We did a some steelhead fishing around pateros and the mouth of the Methow river this past weekend. We mostly threw floats with ybc maxi jigs in 1/16 oz pink and purple, black and red and we tipped th...
Posted: 3/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/1/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We fished Lake Chelan yesterday and had very consistent fishing. We picked up 26 kokanee ranging 12 to 16 inches. This has ben some great growth from my trips 2 weeks ago when they were 11 to 14 inche...
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...
Posted: 4/7/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/4/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We had a fun but chilly morning out on Potholes this past Saturday!
We fished the Crab Creek arm in 18-25 FOW. The fish are starting to move up into the shallower water and are coming out of their sp...
Posted: 4/13/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2015
Hot Spots: 3
To say the least we had a great time getting together for my dads 60th birthday, AND we caught fish! It was a great day out on the lake even with the 3+ foot waves out on the main lake. Crab Creek arm...
Posted: 5/21/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We have been fishing Potholes pretty hard for the past couple of weeks and having amazing success! The fishing has been flat out on fire! We have been boating lots of fish and they have all been 17" t...
Posted: 5/26/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Went to check out Banks Lake with my now Fiancé! Well, there are TONS of small walleye and medium sized perch to keep you busy and steal tons of worms! Found the nice keeper Walleye in 15 to 25 feet o...
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well, we went after the Moses Lake Walleye yesterday with great success! Got a bunch of nice 17" to 21" keepers, lots of little Walleye, and some 10" to 12" Perch trolling Mack's Lure Slowdeath Rigs i...
Posted: 6/14/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We fished Potholes on 6/12 and 6/13 with great success! The fishing was very good and all of the Walleye were 17" to 21" with a few 23" to 25" fish! We caught lots of small Walleye, Smallmouth, and Pe...
Posted: 7/28/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Banks Lake Walleye is absolutely on fire right now! We had a phenomenal day catching Walleye, and the bite is going to stay hot!
Trolling Mack's Lure Slowdeath Rigs from 1.0 to 1.2 mph in 20ft-35f...
Posted: 7/30/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2015
Hot Spots: 3
An absolutely phenomenal opening day of Sockeye fishing at Lake Wenatchee!
We had 3 limits in the boat in under 2 hours this morning and lost a few as well, the action was hot and heavy once we fig...
Posted: 7/31/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Another amazing day up on Lake Wenatchee for these bright, great fighting Sockeye!
We ended up with 5 limits (20 Sockeye) today in just under 3 hours of fishing!
The fish seem to be really conc...
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...
Posted: 9/1/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Drano Lake was very good this weekend! We picked up 7 great, up river bright, Chinook on Saturday and 12 on Sunday - averaging about a 50% bite to catch ratio. Using super baits (in Tamali and Mtn Dew...
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...
Posted: 10/26/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2015
Hot Spots: 3
What an absolutely fantastic day we had on Potholes Reservoir catching Walleye! The fishing this time of year is fast and action packed; never knowing what species of fish you are reeling in! Of cours...
Posted: 11/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well, Sunday was a rare thing; just my dad and I got out on the water chasing some Walleye down at Potholes. It turned out to be the perfect father and son day with cooperative weather and fantastic f...
Posted: 2/28/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/27/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Walleye in the The Dalles dam pool. I rated the day average even though we only got 8 Walleye. The water is still fairly cold 34 degrees and we worked a bit for those fish. Our biggest fish ...
Posted: 3/12/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished above The Dalles dam by Biggs junction area on Saturday. It was a decent day of fishing. We landed 7 nice Walleye and had the opportunity at a few others. There were quite a few boats and w...
Posted: 4/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Lake Merwin, it was a squally day with rain and sun. They are dropping the lake fast. We found a good bite closer to the west end of the lake and the fish were closer to the surface 10ft to ...
Posted: 5/4/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We have been fishing the Columbia Gorge for Spring Chinook the past couple days. The fishing has been very consistent with plenty of action and a few limits. We have been trolling pro troll and Leo fl...
Posted: 5/16/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Spring Chinook in the Columbia gorge is still going Good! We are getting a late push of fish over Bonneville that should keep the fishing good through early June! The best bite has been on pro troll a...
Posted: 5/23/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Spring Chinook in the Columbia gorge just keep coming! The fishing has been consistently good. We had a boat both at Drano lake and mouth of wind river and both boats did well. We have been doing best...
