Hello there Bass guys and all anglers .. Well i have experienced LK RooseVelt for the very first time this past weekend ..Our Club put on a two day tourney there for Saturday and Sunday ... The lake was nothing like i have ever experienced before , the water dept here is extremely deep .. If you can imagine fishing 10 yards from shore and still sitting in 60 ft of water and driving over areas that were over 750 ft and not to mention that the Lake was about 75 ft down from pool . As for the lay out of the lake itself , the best way i can describe it is too say think about the "grand canyon" lol . We mainly fished Ledges and points thought out both days , this place is "ALL ROCK" .. The bite was on ,however from talking to other club members it was no were near what the lake is capable of once it at full pool .. On day one i ended with 3 keeper , biggest one one was 2.7 ..One Sunday we I end up with the same results 3 keeper as well . I mainly fished with Football heads and cranks and got one on my worm .. The fish all here sitting very close to shore an it was obvious that they were displaced due to the lake being down so far , that's really the only thing that had effected the bite . This lake is a numbers lake for sure , the biggest fish to the scales was a 4 .2 ..I really enjoy myself and would like to thanks a fine folks @ Coulee Dam Hotel for have our room prepared and convent parking for the boat and last I would like to thank the fine staff @ Coulee PlayLand Marine and tackle , I really needed those Jigs for day two and they had plenty . Sorry didn't take any pics from my camera , however they are some posted on our club Sites .. Puyallup HawgHunters ...BBD

ChrisB

4/28/2008 2:25:00 PM

Thats awesome Dez. I'll be checking out those pics for sure. I never fished Roosevelt, only Banks once.

Jake Dogfish

4/28/2008 3:13:00 PM

Thanks for the report.
The Bass fishing picks up later when there is more water like you said. It is usually a numbers fishery, but its such a huge lake you never know what you are going to get into. I will be there in June I can't wait! I hope they raise the lake in time!

Anglinarcher

4/28/2008 4:56:00 PM

Good report. Yes, the fishing gets better as the water warms, and rises, but the size will probably go down, not up, as the small fish get active. I have had 30 to 40 smallmouth days, with nothing over about 14". Still, there are 6 Lb Smallmouth in there.

Jake, the Corps controls the water depth and they often don't get full pool until just before the 4th of July. Right now they are making room for the run off that is just starting in Canada where most of the water comes from.

Bigbass Dez

4/28/2008 5:53:00 PM

THANKS GUYS , looking forward to going there next year . The only crap part of the trip was hearing about how hot banks was .. lol

hewesfisher

4/28/2008 8:45:00 PM

Good report. We were there this weekend too, but down around Seven Bays. After trying for trout and walleye we gave up and fished for Smallies. We boated 6 in 20 minutes about 4pm Saturday, then had to stop to make a dinner date. Went back after dinner and boated 3 more all over 2.5lbs. Seven of the nine were caught on a #7 Shad Rap, the other two on a dark colored jig. Now if I could just catch walleye as easy as it is catching smallies!

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