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By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/30/2019
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I have taken a short break from walleye and started chasing something that actually puts up a little bit of a fight. The breeze today made it difficult to sight fish, but we managed 16 hook-ups and su...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/5/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I fished White Bluffs on Tuesday. I know it’s a little early, but I was really hopeful we would tag a few. I did mark a few salmon on the fish finder, but couldn’t force one to bite. The water was 67 ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 3/31/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a day.
I had a great crew from Seattle fish with me yesterday and I spoiled them pretty good. Well ok, the fish spoiled us pretty good. We set our 5 rods and started our morning troll. ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 7/10/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I had a few days off, so I brought my family down to Roosevelt to harvest a few Kokanee for canning. We had a great time together. I figured I’d share a few things we encountered. First of all, there ...
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: 3/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a day. I gave it a five because the weather was so awesome it just capped off a really great day. I feel that just relaxing on a boat at Lake Roosevelt is almost as enjoyable as catching i...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 6/26/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Greetings from Captain Dave. Here's a look back at last year's fantastic Brewster Sockeye Fishing. Time to be planning for another great year!
A rare gap in the guiding schedule allowed me to invit...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/22/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
For those of you who are superstitious about such things, two buddies and I decided to fish Roosevelt in spite of a full moon, East wind, dropping lake levels, and falling barometer. To make matters w...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 5/20/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a fun trip. The bigger males seem to have shown up in force and were quite willing to bite. We trolled em, jigged em and threw plugs at em all with good results. The walleye were very cooper...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 5/28/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I decided make a meat run to Kettle Falls with the family in tow. The weather turned out to be just perfect. A worm harness and bottom walker took all our fish at depths between 16 and 55’. 35’ seemed...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well three of us decided to fish out of Spring Canyon again today. The water was calm and from a vantage point I could see fish rising all over the lake just about as far as I could see. I took note o...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 6/13/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The time has finally come to retire most of my lead core rods for the season. I have greatly enjoyed using several "lead" rods in conjunction with dual planer boards for all of the season up until a ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 5/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
For short version just look at the pictures .
My crew saturday and Sunday consisted of three gentlemen who were all employees of a certain boat company up in Collville Washington. I learned a lot a...
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: 8/22/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My father/son guest’s goal for the day was to make a few more memories together before the son headed off to college. We had a beautiful day on the water, and fortunately the fish were quite cooperati...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 7/6/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I spent the weekend fishing guests at Brewster,WA for sockeye and Chinook salmon. All I can say is we weren't fishing, we were catching. Since July 1st we have landed 104 sockeye and 13 Chinook salmon...
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: 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: 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: 7/10/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Sockeye fishing here at the Brewster pool continues to be amazing. These fish are in amazing shape and put up quite a tussle. Morning seems to be most productive but fish can be caught throughout the ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 4/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I had the pleasure of fishing with two great crews today. Kokanee limits came rather quickly, but rainbows continue to be harder to come by.
I finally found some coho killers at the White Elephant ...
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: 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: 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: 5/15/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2019
Hot Spots: 0
After we missed several bites due to poor hook setting practices my crew finally fell into the swing of things. Scale pattern smile blades were producing well for us today on worm harnesses and 2&3 oz...
