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By: BCUZTHRBITIN
Posted: 12/25/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught four trout. 3 under 14" and one pig that was 21".
By: BigT
Posted: 12/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/23/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Fished for a few hours and i was only able to pull in one. But on the other hand i missed about 10. All shallow water fishing in about 4 to 3 feet of water. Using jigs. Did not matter the color they ...
By: kenyon9
Posted: 12/4/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 4th of July from about noon to dark yesterday. Couldn't manage but three fish. 2 fish that were under the 14" limit, and one the went 22" and weighed in at 4 pounds. Two friends and I threw eve...
By: dluders
Posted: 12/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I got to Fourth of July Lake before dawn, and there was already an SUV parked in the lot. I hiked along the east shoreline in twilight to the First Narrows (~1/2 mile south of the parking lot), where...
By: BCUZTHRBITIN
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It was the kind of day us Fair-Weather-Fishermen dream about...almost. The weather was great, mid-60s, beautiful sunshine, no wind and lots of room on the lake. But the fish weren’t as cooperative as ...
By: fowl_language
Posted: 1/28/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/27/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Decided to finally ice fish Fourth of July. We set up where everyone else was in about 5 feet of water and worked the first eastern point I saw, I drilled holes clear across the lake to check depth. ...
By: BCUZTHRBITIN
Posted: 1/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fourth of July just keeps producing. Location makes all the difference. We spent the first hour drowning worms and freezing powerbait. Then we moved a little farther down the lake a little farther out...
By: BCUZTHRBITIN
Posted: 1/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 3
4 of us limited out with 2 each over 14 inches long. Most in the 15-17 inch, 2 pound range. The first half of the lake was frozen over but the farther half was ice-free. Classic rainbow trout fishing ...
By: kjhfisher
Posted: 12/10/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Fourth of July on Sat morning at around 7am. The three of us limited out by about 11 am. Fish ranged from about 14.5" to 19". It was a chilly day, but no wind or rain. The ice will be here...
By: buc
Posted: 12/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got there at 1:30 5 cars in lot very windy. missed two right away wind made it difficult. from 3:45-4:15 caught three wind slowed way down, all over 19"s threw one back all nice fish. Only car in lo...
By: linty
Posted: 12/2/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Went to Fourth of July for the winter-only open with my son. There were about 30 vehicles and a F&G official in the parking lot. We reached fishable water by about 8:00 AM. My son landed a 20" 3.7lb b...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/18/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I hadn't fished Fourth Of July Lake in a couple of years; so I decided to give it a try with my wife. The weather was overcast and cold, but not windy until we arrived post hike at the fishing spot. I...
By: tomnordman
Posted: 1/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake by 8am with three of us, fished worm and power bait combojust off the bottom in about 15ft of water. 3 of us had 2 fish each all over 14inches within 3 hours. ice was about 5 to 6 inches ...
By: mrwik
Posted: 1/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We got on the ice before 9am and four of us each had our two over 14" before noon. Nothing was under the 14" mark so we had to call it. Lots of slush to tromps through made it a slower than usual tr...
By: fullybuilt2.0
Posted: 1/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the family (in laws) on a fun day to fourth of july today. First time ice fishing up in Wa and it sure was fun. We ended up with 12 fishs over 14in and 4 that was under between 9 people (lots of ...
By: nate1420
Posted: 12/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
fishing was hot if you are brave enough to stand on two inches of ice we averaged a fish every 15 min
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Braved the cold Saturday morning and fished Forth of July. The lake was about 75% frozen over with a thin sheet of ice. We hiked to the middle to the open water. There were 5 other trucks in the parki...
By: rwl
Posted: 12/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to 4th of July Lake at about noon and fished for 3 hours. There was some thin ice along some of the shoreline and across the first narrow part, with a channel broken through it that boaters were u...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/10/2011
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Fouth of July on Saturday morning. It had been warm the last few days so I was afraid that there wouldn't be enough ice. The only other vehicle in the parking lot was some bird hunters. I...
By: tomnordman
Posted: 12/10/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the lake today around 9am with 3 of my buddies from work. The ice was about 5 inches thick and very smooth. We fished all over the lake with alot of holes dug and did not have a bite all day. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Fourth of July on Tuesday. Went almost halfway down the lake on the east side. Ice was 9-10" thick. My friend put his pole in the water and in about 1 minute, he had a bite. He had ste...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have fished this lake FOR 15 YEARS AND THIS WAS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN .i WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE DRILLED HOLES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND OUT OF 100 OR SO I ONLY SAW BLOOD AT 1 HOLE .this LAKE WAS A...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit 4th about 11 AM and headed towards the narrows. Saw several holes that appeared to be a couple days old, I was the only one on the lake today. Drilled 5 holes in about 4 hours and didn't see a f...
By: Ty
Posted: 12/31/2008
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Dangerous ice, 2-4 inches with 6-8 inches of slush on top of it. No luck after 3 hours with swedish pimples of varying color tipped with maggots. My buddy had one good bite and that was it.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/8/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/1/2008
Hot Spots: 1
After the 20 minute hike, we go there at there 3pm. Fished for an hour with, marshmallows and worm combo, worm, trout bait, spinners, and rapalas. No bites or any sign of bites. Very slow day of fishi...