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Website: Darrell & Dads Family Guide Service
My job took me to Spokane for 3 days and I got a chance to fish both Lake Eloika and Lake Newman for a couple hours each day at dusk.
Sunday night 7/19 at Lake Eloika I launched at Jerry's Resort ($3.00) because the public launch is closed/under construction. Hit the water at about 7:30 and immediately got hits from surface feeding crappie. They were everywhere, and I got 5 to hit my weightless black rubber worm that I would swim slowly across the top of the weeds (which are everywhere). I rigged my worm with a smaller exposed hook, not Texas rigged. I got some weeds, but my strikes usually resulted in hook-ups. The crappies were incredible, 12-14 inches, fat/healthy, and all released gently. What a blast for the 2 hours I was there, definitely worth the 3 bucks...thanks Jerry's Resort.
Lake Newman at dusk on Monday 7/20 was also fun. I got many hits, but only 3 hook-ups in the 2 hours I spent there. Many small fish pecking away at my worm. But I did manage to get 3 largemouth bass, one was about 2 pounds, the others a pound each. All three were caught around docks on rubber worms. I talked to some nice people as I worked my way around the edges in my tiny boat...what a beautiful place is Lake Newman, and cool people live there too!
Wish I could report more, but I really did not have a lot of time to fish...but since I went that far I just had to sample these awesome fishing lakes.
Available Fishing Guide:
Website: Darrell & Dads Family Guide Service