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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence Fishing Reports
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By: kingwoodworks
Posted: 7/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I have been reading reports about the silver fishing at Roosevelt for some time. Finally, the itch had to be scratched. My friend Dick and I were on the road at 5 am and by about 7am we were on the wa...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 7/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had a break in commitments, temps were forecast to be moderate (early anyway), and my fishing buddy was game for an 0430 departure to head for Roosevelt.
We launched just after 0630 and made the 45...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 7/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The kokanee fishing at Lake Roosevelt continues to be very good. I did have to give it a 4 due to the fact that all the fish are wild kokanee and you can keep just 2 wild kokanee on Lake Roosevelt.
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By: widebear
Posted: 7/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I've been camping at Keller for last 2 weeks and Kok fishing has been mostly good. Only 2 days without limits (2nd and 3rd) Moved out of Swawilla and started fishing up river from Ferry. Start fishing...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 7/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The kokanee bite on Lake Roosevelt is on. Targeted areas around Spring Canyon and Swawilla Basin on July 1st and was not disappointed. The kokanee are running at 35-40 feet down in water depths of 200...
By: OGFboat
Posted: 7/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The kids and I got out yesterday morning for some summer time fishing. I'd been reading about some good Kokanee fishing going on at Roosevelt, and was hoping to get in on that, but Rainbows would be t...
By: Kekedatackleco
Posted: 6/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Swawilla Basin this morning and did really well for some Kokanee. Had my limit of 2 wild Kokanee before 8:15. Started fishing the Basin area about 7:30 so fast fishing for Kokes. Picked up m...
By: atroutfisherman
Posted: 6/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I have to agree with widebear, "Fishing for Kok's on Roosevelt is hot right now." Started at about 7:20 and had my limit of "native" Kokanee in less than an hour! Both fish had adipose fins making t...
By: widebear
Posted: 6/27/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing for Kok's on Roosevelt is hot right now. The big ones are hard to find but 17" to 19"ers are common. They are all depths from 35 to 80' depends on time of day. Doesn't matter what you use just...
By: widebear
Posted: 6/21/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Two of my boys and I went fishing today and did OK. Lines in the water by 7:15. Swawilla Basin is where we started and it was a bit slow but were done at noon. Riggers corn pink hootchie and pink apex...
By: widebear
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I changed it up today and tried up river from Keller Ferry. In the water fishing by 6:30. To start I was running the riggers with pink hootchie and the Kekeda orange fly. Corn on the hootchie and worm...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 6/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is a combined report for the 6th and 7th.
My brother and sister in law came east to spend the weekend with us at Roosevelt. My wife had to work Friday, so the rest of us headed up late morning...
By: SnoKing
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I spent three days over on the Spokane Arm with one day (Tuesday, June 2) guided by Craig Dowdy of Yankin Jaw Guide Service. The weather was perfect with broken clouds and light wind and ...
By: widebear
Posted: 6/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The wife and I launched at Keller and had lines in the water by 9am. Started at Swawilla and stayed there. Started off with Orange kekeda with orange /black tiger stripe smiley blade on one rigger, pi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/2/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
To say I was looking forward to today’s fishing trip on Lake Roosevelt was an understatement. It had been way too long since I last fished with Big Bass Dez or for bass. Bass fishing to me is one of t...
By: daveandpam
Posted: 6/2/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I are avid shore fishermen. We don't take our boat with us when we head over to Eastern Washington fishing. We feel we have all the opportunity we need from shore without messing with the ...
By: allfish
Posted: 5/30/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Porcupine and went upriver. Caught about 40 walleye in about 6 hours of fishing. Jigs and drop shot minnows worked well. I caught four nice ones over 20 inches; however the bulk of the ...
By: Packernut
Posted: 5/25/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took the new family boat ( Fourwinns ) out on its maden fishing trip to lake Roosevelt with my 83 year young dad. Spent Thursday night mounting a trolling moter on the bow without drilling into the b...
By: Hobie67
Posted: 5/25/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My cousin and I decided it was time to try the trout fishing on Lake Roosevelt for the first time. Why we had never gone there before I'll never know. What a great day of fishing it was! With the 4hr ...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 5/16/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I launched with my daughter from the Porcupine launch at 0600 and headed upriver to just below buoy 5. They lowered Roosevelt a couple more feet and it is definitely shallow as you approach the buoy 5...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I launched solo out of Porky at first light on Saturday and headed upriver. I trolled a husky jerk up the stretch below buoy 5 and landed 1 21 inch and 1 3 lb smallie. I also lost an eye that felt to ...
By: snakeeyes
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got the 10 year old up at 4 am and made the 2 hour drive to Porcupine. Was a little nervous when the water came into view as to whether we would be able to launch. The water is as far down as I've s...
By: Kekedatackleco
Posted: 5/3/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Spring Canyon Saturday morning with three of us in the boat. Started fishing the rocks across from the launch a little after 9. I set one rod in the downrigger and started letting the ...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 4/20/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0630 out of Porcupine and headed upriver. The morning started with no wind but that did not last long. Glenn and I jigged and bladed our way to a total of 30 walleyes (kept 20), 4 rainbows...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 4/11/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I rated today a 5 for 2 reasons: 1. the catching was a lot of fun, and 2. I was able to take out my new Tracker for the first time on the Arm. Now to the fishing. Jim and I launched early out of Porky...