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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2003
Hot Spots: 0
June 24, 2003
Rumor has it that there was a 13 1/2 pound 30 something long German Brown caught in the Wenas Lake recently. We heard from the fishing (grape) vine that it made the Channel 35 TV Ne...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/19/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the launch at around 6:30 am to take the trail around and fish off the south shore. Got to our spot close to the damn around 7:20. We dropped our Rooster tails in and didn't get anything for fo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/23/2003
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/23/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Got there at around 9 am, and man it was cold 29 degrees partly cloudy. Chad and I kicked back in the truck and watched our poles from there.We were fishing from the shore at the last dock. Chad got h...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2002
Hot Spots: 0
The Fishing Derby (first annual went well) June 8th. The early anglers were out with worms and other assorted bait before the early birds got out of bed.
The weather cooperated with light sprinkle...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2002
Hot Spots: 0
We, i.e., Kirk and I, were going to get an early start from Kent, 0630.
However, I could not find my keys. So I got my spare key. Backed the truck up, pull the boat
on to the street to hook it up....
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/9/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/9/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I drove down to Wenas lake in pursuit of monster German Brown trout. Reports of 10-13 pound monsters had piqued my interest. Got there at 7pm and put in, fished for about 45 minutes before dark. I dec...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/1/2002
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
This report comes late. Fishing was good at the lake this April so far I spent most of my spring break at the lake. The fish weren't huge but I'll take 1 to 2lbs browns any day. Mike, you went about i...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/11/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/11/2002
Hot Spots: 0
We have had and 8#, 7#, and 6#, German Brown brought in and weighed at the resort this last couple of weeks. Things are really picking up. The lake is approaching full and clear of ice.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/1/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Young fishermen are bagging large Catfish that were planted about 4 years ago. Three over 7 pounds have been brought in since the beginning of August. These three fish have been added to the list of...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/31/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2001
Hot Spots: 0
After spending a few days fishing the potholes. I decided to see how Wenas was fairing. The water was so low the only place I found to sink my boat trailer was at the mouth of the creek. I didn't brin...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/27/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2000
Hot Spots: 0
First time at Wenas during fall draw down. Dramatic drop! Weather was Beautiful! Uncrowded, lotsa fish! Big ones, some Huge, rolling from time to time. Nice Rainbows and Browns! I only caught two...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/13/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 8:00 fished down close to the damn off the bank. Was using rainbow powerbait didn't get first strike until 9:30. Landed first fish at 10:00 nice 13" trout were biting OK. About 10:30 landed...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/7/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 7:00 was a little slow at first. About 8:30 got my first fish 12". No sooner got my line back in the water landed a 13" rainbow. Whoa, was on a role, using rainbow powerbait with...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2000
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Wenas Lake Resort was the site of a 8 pound plus German Brown taken Saturday,
5-6-00. A 4 1/2 pound German on Sunday, 5-7-00. These are just samples
folks. The only ones we can report are the one...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2000
Hot Spots: 0
After trying the I-82 ponds with little luck. The weekends before we headed out to lake Wenas. When we arrived we found out that they were charging $1.00 per person day access, so they can repair the ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2000
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2000
Hot Spots: 0
The fish were biting very light, but using minnows with a sliding sinker on the bottom seems to work the best be sure to kill the minnow to be legal. On this trip my partner caught 2 one 13 one 12,I g...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/25/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/1999
Hot Spots: 0
We got to the lake around 10 am and went to the south end as far as we could drive. The wind was blowing very hard which is no surprise. My girlfriend caught 1 nice 12" rainbow and my friend caught...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/2/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/1999
Hot Spots: 0
After putting in around daybreak I headed for the deep end of the lake. Caught 3 nice rainbows and 1 large brown while trolling a white rooster tail. Troll speed was medium.
Saw little action from ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/6/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Wenas Lake water level has been lowered to Fall/Winter level.
It is now very difficult to launch a trailered boat. We
carried in our 11' inflatable and spent the morning trolling
around the dam. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Wenas on Saturday, April 9th. We were fishing the creek channel just
off of the Public boat ramp. Morning bite didn't seem to turn on until
around 9:30 a.m. We were fishing nightcrawlers ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/5/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/1998
Hot Spots: 0
We caught about 12 rainbows in the 10-12" range while soaking nightcrawlers under a slip bobber in the creek channel down about 6'. Others nearby were doing well with chartreuse Power Bait and caug...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/20/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/20/1998
Hot Spots: 0
After putting in at daybreak and fishing until noon we had two fish; one 10 in. rainbow and one 12 in. brown. We fished with a white rooster tail, and talked to some locals and found that they were a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/13/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Saw one very nice (15") brown taken on a rainbow spinner. A little action on yellow power bait, but, overall, more enjoyment of the sun than anything else. Of the 70 or so anglers I saw, most were...