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Rufus Woods Lake Report
Douglas County, WA

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03/21/2009
Trolling
Rainbow Trout
Black
Other
Morning
03/22/2009
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Managed to make it to Rufus on Saturday...Pulled into the launch at 7:00am and was shocked to not see another boat launching...Started trolling along the can line and did not mark many fish..Moved up the reservoir above pump 1 and trolled the brandts landing side and found some biters..fished for 3 hours boated 6 with the big fish tipping the scales at 6lbs. ..Black wooleybuggers were the ticket behind the old faithful Action Disc..water is real cold still at 36.5 degrees..I do expect it to really pick up as the weather warms..Hopefully Rufus won't get dirty when things start melting. Feel free to contact me on tips or tricks anytime.

Joe Heinlen - Rufus Woods Fishing Guide
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bazzdude
3/22/2009 9:25:00 PM
Wow, nice fish there. Good fighters i bet. I know i fisheed the area by the Colville Indian agence(nespelem) last summer and did very good. Small fish but 60+ fish days using maribu jigs. I fished a little bit above the nets i think it was. I was woundering if anyone does any fishing in that area there and how there are doing? Anyhow, stay safe out there!
Lake Chelan Adventures
3/22/2009 9:32:00 PM
Lots of fishing up at the pens but right now with the water temp so cold you really got to work at it..
bazzdude
3/23/2009 9:09:00 AM
Ic, later on is better fishing huh? Are you talking about were i am talking about also, by the indian agence there where you turn left down toward the river? That is a little bit closer to Spokane. Not sure how much but it is a little bit closer i know. So those pins that i saw there are the the pin that i hear everyone talkine about fishing in thier boats(ya know traveling a long waise to ge too?)Just cerious is all. Ok, stay safe out there. Later.
HammerinHonkers
3/23/2009 12:38:00 PM
Bazzdude
Yeah the pens that you are talking about are the middle set of pens. That is where most people bank fish from. The pens that most people take their boats up to in the upper most set of pens, they are about 1-2 miles upriver from the pens that you fished around. The water temp is still too cold for the hot fishing. We were there a couple weeks ago, we caught some but the fishing was slow. My buddy went the next week, the week that they released 2000 fish from the pens that you fished around. He caught some fish too, but it was slow, he did catch a few that were tagged. When they release fish now they are tagging them with a green tag, they want to see how the fish disperse throughout the river. With the weather getting warmer it should get better soon, maybe around May. Best of luck
HH
bazzdude
3/24/2009 8:34:00 PM
Hey thanks for the response, i thoght that those pins where a long long waise from the launch(dam) that everyone is posting at. It seems like to get to that lauch from where i was bank fishing from(nespelum) is like another 2 hrs drive. Anyhow, thanks again and keep on posting i will make a trip up there when it pick up more.
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