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Horseshoe Lake Report
Pend Oreille County, WA

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06/28/2008
Bottom Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
Worms
Hook & Bait
Morning
06/28/2008
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1374

something woke me up at 4:30am and I decided it would be a great time to go hit a lake. It came down to Horseshoe or Williams but I didn't feel like the long drive so I went to Horseshoe...I should have went to Williams. I got there around 6:30am and I was using worms and tried them with both types of marshmellows I had (garlic & regular) and every powerbait I had...and alone. There was another guy down the bank from me who was already there and he hadn't got a bite either. After he left I watched some pansized bass chase some fingerlings near shore so I tied on a small black & white spoon and caught one of them. It was about 8" and I retained it. I walked around the corner where it was more shallow and had some small lily pads. There was a lot of bluegill mostly of fingerling size or smaller, a couple hand size (I have small hands btw). I also saw a couple nice bass but no matter what I threw out there they weren't interested...though I don't have a ton of bass lures and its pretty shallow, maybe a 1-1.5 feet deep. I went back to my spot and saw a good sized tench swimming about 10 feet from shore which I caught on the next cast. It was a good 12-13" and fought hard....and was later made into bird food. A group of people showed up and fished down from me. It was about 10:30 now and I was very hot and sweaty and thirsty....forgot to drink the water I brought. So I called it a day and got into the car and kicked on the AC......later in my wife's minivan the temp said 94 degrees around 3pm. At about this time I started not feeling well and crashed in my father in law's armchair for a couple hours....now I feel like I have the flu....yuck....just hope its not something I caught from work like the neisseria meningitidis I was exposed to nearly two weeks ago.....I think maybe its just heat exhaustion......i don't tolerate heat well......


Comments

TheOne
6/29/2008 7:14:00 PM
yea i agree you shoulda went to williams
ruthven78
6/30/2025 2:33:43 PM
note: this is an old report, the area of bank mentioned has no trespassing signs up now. Only public shore access for fishing is the boat launch or the tips of the each end of the horse shoe but is a long walk to get to those.
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