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By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 5/10/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I just enjoyed the two most beautiful days at Roosevelt. Warm sunny and barely a breeze most of the time. With these conditions I would have thought the fish would have been deeper, but they weren't. ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 6/27/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Before I tell you about the incredible day my crew and I had on Sunday, let me tell you about the tough day I had on the previous day. I would also like to mention that a few of my future (Columbia Ri...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/27/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I'm loving this spring weather, and what a better place to enjoy it than at Lake Roosevelt fishing Kokanee.
The koke bite was hot and heavy this morning. We managed to pull our limit rather quickl...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 8/5/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After my parents dropped several hints I finally realized they wanted to get in on some summer salmon action, and yesterday we found some time to make it happen. It was evident right away that the "Br...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 7/31/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I have been able to make several trips since my last report. The kokanee are still pretty prevalent but some days we got to work pretty hard to scratch out our limits. They really are scattered all ov...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/4/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what another awesome day on the river. The weather down on the Columbia River has been incredible. It wasn't until I arrived in Spokane that I realized fall is upon us. It still feels like summ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 8/22/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to head to Roosevelt Thursday the 20th and try for some of these large Kokanee I have been hearing about. We launched about 7am in a smokey haze from the Lincoln ramp and motored down past S...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Today I got a chance to fish with NWFR staff member Rob Holman and a couple of friends back down to Roosevelt in search of more silver bullets. The drive took a little longer due to the fog, but we ma...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/13/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It is game on down at Vernita bridge. We had another fun day today on the water with lots of action. Unfortunately we lost a lot of fish which resulted in landing eight of the 16 we hooked. Oh well, s...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 8/25/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with a great crew today. Our perseverance finally rewarded us with our limits of big Kokanee. Our best depth was at about 75'. The bite was pretty sporadic until we found a small group of f...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/16/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well I am off to a pretty good start to the 2016 fall salmon season down here at Virnita bridge. Fishing is a little slower than I would like, but we are catching some really nice fish right now. Our ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/11/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I am starting off this report with today's tidbit, because I believe it is one of the most important items every boat owner should know or be aware of.
Today's tidbit. Make sure every electrical ap...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/20/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well my last two days down at Vernita bridge is nothing to brag about, but still worthy of a report.
The water levels are lower than normal for this time year. Making launching a little sketchy th...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Lately it seems that the first bite comes rather quickly. Well, no such luck today. Today something was "off" and we had to work pretty hard to get our Kokanee. Normally we've been able to pull our li...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 6/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wet would be the best word to describe fishing yesterday, but not even the threat of constant rain could dampen my guests enthusiasm in the search of trophy kokanee. Shortly after we got set up we wer...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My brother invited me out on his boat today so I could give him a Kokanee refresher course and get his boat bloody. His 4 year old was eager to catch a fish, so we grabbed Grandpa and headed down to R...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 8/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Man, What a beautiful day at Roosevelt. I think the 100 other boats I saw would probably agree with me. Fortunately most of them were beached enjoying a good camp out.
Well, I already miss the d...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/29/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Productive is not the word I would use to describe the overall catching down here at Virnita bridge. During a typical year it is not uncommon to watch a couple dozen fish get landed during the mornin...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 7/25/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I gathered up a small crew and fished Roosevelt yesterday on a beautiful summers eve. Great to have DownriggerAl aboard once again along with my friend Tom. Our cooler at the end of the night looked l...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/11/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! What a fun day yesterday down at Vernita. The weather was awesome and so was the fishing. I love the scenery down there this time of year. We had fun seeing 6 coyotes on the way up the river. F...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/2/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The Reach was pretty cooperative last week. The water temps have quickly dropped below 60 and the fish seem to be getting more aggressive. I’ve been using superbaits and roe to entice our bites. It’s ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 7/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I just couldn't stay away.
For some reason I hit the lake at 5am. For some reason the fish didn't really wake up till around 7 am. There were four of us this morn looking for more trophy koke...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 8/11/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Roosevelt is such a beautiful place with so much to see. I feel pretty spoiled to have fished with guests the last 5 days. Overall the bite has been pretty decent. Not super fast fishing, but re...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
For the record, this month (Aug.) has been a difficult month to consistently locate decent kokanee schools. Definitely my most unproductive month this season. With that being said I felt it was necess...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/13/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I was joined by Downriggeral yesterday on a very chilly morning fishing from Vernita Bridge area in the Columbia. I finally got around to having DownriggerAl install an I-Troll precision speed control...
