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By: Buck Oda
Posted: 2/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Fourth of July on the 5th of February. Snow was coming down all day. Fish for about 3 hours, caught 3 trout. 2 keepers (14" and 15"). Caught fish on a dark jig with a worm. Fishing SLOW ...
By: raffensg64
Posted: 1/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Fourth of July at about 12:30.....I was in no hurry due to the recent cold snap and wanted the sun to get good and high before my arrival! I found the ice itself to be absolutely treachero...
By: dluders
Posted: 1/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
On a clear & cold morning, I drove from Spokane and was at the Fourth of July Lake parking lot in only an hour. The access road was in fine condition (2-wheel-drive is fine), and there were already 6...
By: dluders
Posted: 1/1/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I drove to Fourth of July lake for the first time in years. The access road was in excellent shape, and I was the second vehicle there. After a 15-minute hike up atop the bluffs overlooking the east...
By: dluders
Posted: 12/31/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/31/2007
Hot Spots: 0
On this glorious, sunny afternoon, there were about 20 other ice fisherman (some with young children). Most folks were fishing just north of the "First Narrows" at the north end of the lake through 4...
By: Cousin
Posted: 12/27/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Day out fishing with dad! Arrived on easily accessible road at about 9:00 AM. Having never been to Fourth of July lake before we followed tracks down the east side of lake. We were the only ones th...
By: John Goldberger
Posted: 12/8/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Found open water halfway down the lake. I immediately caught a 16", then caught 3 11 1/2" and closed out the limit
with another 16", all in 1 hour 27 minutes. I mentioned yellow power bait, but th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/3/2007
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
hit the parking lot about 12:30 - several cars and a couple of game wardens checking fish and paperwork - followed the trail along the South side past the big rock to mid-lake where there was some ope...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
It was very windy on Sunday. Fished from the bank and caught 2 niced sized rainbows. Also lost 2. They seem to like worms and other variants combined with worms. From the looks of it they keep thi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/9/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Great day fishing; we limited-out. I would tell more, but the spell checker for this report wiped out my first attempt at writing this tale of pescatorial prowess. We DID catch 4 silvers and 6 trout...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/19/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 12/19/2006
Hot Spots: 0
lake is frozen about 5 in. water is down about 10 feet.didnt look safe to walk on,lots of weeds at surface of ice. so if you happen to fish there please let me know how it was.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/5/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/5/2006
Hot Spots: 0
In regards to the gentlemen that asked about ice fishing on this lake, I was there about 3 weeks ago and there was not any ice left at all. That could have changed but the weather has been real warm c...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/1/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Can someone tell me if the lake is still frozen over. I wouldnt like my hopes of 'icefishing' to be melted. I heard the ice fishing is money up there. Please anyone post as soon as possible that has b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/4/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake this morning to see if it was fishable but its still covered in ice. Have to wait for the spring thaw to fish this one right now.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/23/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Fourth of July intending to flyfish from shore (bad idea). The weeds have really taken over! Very difficult to fish with any fly that sinks more than a couple of feet. I think I will wa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/3/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 12/3/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Brrrrrr, cold wind, hot fishing.
Rory (a genuine Redneck) and I hit the lake in his yacht. Hard to motor around a 50' yacht with a 30lb thrust electric motor. It was really hard putting in too! Still...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fourth of July Lake is a lake worth the trip to fish. Lots of potential here; some fellows were fly-fishing, some were trolling, and still others were fishing from the lake edges. On our expedition ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I have fished this lake only once before. I received some good advise there from a regular. This time I was equiped with the "secret" fly (a midge larvae pattern).
I wasn't fishing it correctly ( I h...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/9/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/9/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I fished all day and got skunked. I dragged a few flies around, deep, shallow, fast, slow. Nothing worked. I hooked on big fish and fought with it for a couple minutes before he shook loose. I tried v...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/9/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/9/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I fished all day and got skunked. I dragged a few flies around, deep, shallow, fast, slow. Nothing worked. I hooked on big fish and fought with it for a couple minutes before he shook loose. I tried v...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/1/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the bank starting about 7:30am. The first 10 to 20 feet of shoreline was iced over. My buddy caught a nice 18 inch rainbow after about 30 minutes of fishing. I had to wait about an hour befo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/1/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the bank starting about 7:30am. The first 10 to 20 feet of shoreline was iced over. My buddy caught a nice 18 inch rainbow after about 30 minutes of fishing. I had to wait about an hour befo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/3/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/3/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I fished 4th of July and lots of people were catching fish except for me. I must not be using the right stuff so let me know what to use. I like bass fishing more but I needed to get my fishing fix. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/3/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/3/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I fished 4th of July and lots of people were catching fish except for me. I must not be using the right stuff so let me know what to use. I like bass fishing more but I needed to get my fishing fix. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/20/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/20/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived on the ice around 7:00am and fished the first narrow on the east-end, and nothing. Further up the lake towards the 2nd narrow on the west-end I stopped and fished with live worm and powerbait...