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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/3/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I should have given today's fish a 4 just because I finally made it out on the water. My last 2 trips got cancelled due to big winds. CF and I had lines in the water by 8:30 at the mouth of Crab Cre...
By: fishjunkie509
Posted: 11/1/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing the "humps" around 7. Fishing was slow for the first hour or so but picked up and we managed to get 7 walleye 5 perch and 2 really nice bluegill. We fished until about 11:30 then coul...
By: DonTalbotFishing
Posted: 10/31/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/29/2015
Hot Spots: 1
The Walleye fishing is very good on Potholes right now! The perch are extra big and fat as an added bonus. My buddy Dave Getzin and myself headed out before the weekend storm to get in a morning of ...
Posted: 10/26/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2015
Hot Spots: 3
What an absolutely fantastic day we had on Potholes Reservoir catching Walleye! The fishing this time of year is fast and action packed; never knowing what species of fish you are reeling in! Of cours...
By: rwl
Posted: 10/24/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Was planning on fishing for smallmouth bass, so was twitching jerkbaits against the riprap along O'sullivan dam. But half of the fish were walleye (first time catching) and it was on fire for about th...
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 10/22/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Potholes State Park to launch my boat and started fishing at about 7:30. I headed up to crab creek and trolled around with no luck on catching fish. I did manage to lose a $150 fishing rod...
By: DavidA
Posted: 10/21/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I got an opportunity to fish Potholes again, just for an afternoon, and wasn't going to pass that up. After a long drive I got there just before noon and the lake was socked in with a dense fog....
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/20/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2015
Hot Spots: 2
The perfect ending to another weekend fishing adventure! I got to fish with Aaron and Rob from NWFR, with guide Shelby Ross of Ross Outdoor Adventures. Today’s adventure was Shelby’s “Cast and Blast” ...
By: eat-sleep-fish
Posted: 10/19/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Needed an attitude adjustment so hit Potholes for some walleye on Saturday. Started out at about 9:30 dragging Flicker Shad and Shad Raps. Picked up the first one on a red crawdad Flicker Shad, about ...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 10/18/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I went out with Glenn to Potholes and we had a great day fishing for walleyes. The largest eyes for the day were a pair of 22 1/2 inchers we caught , a double, and released. We were on the water by 07...
By: Wattsamatta
Posted: 10/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Saturday morning fishing on Potholes with my lady. Tough day on the lake. My first time there,and not really familiar with the lake at all. Was pretty windy and we struggled with boat control (I...
By: Rondvu2
Posted: 10/12/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Caught around 30 fish in 6 hours. Mostly 3+ pounds with a few going mid 4's. Hooked into a largemouth that wouldn't show himself for 4-5 minutes. Once he came up and we saw him, he decided to go ba...
By: Jose Diaz
Posted: 9/30/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Watched a lot of guys trolling at the potholes today. I kept seeing nice schools on the sonar along medicare beach, but couldn't get any to bite trolling. Decided to switch to jigging raps, Vertically...
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 9/28/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at about 7:00 to our usual hunting grounds and pulled out 14 walleye and 2 smallmouth. We released all fish except the two in the picture. These hogs were 25" and 23". Trolling with plane...
By: patrickmclark
Posted: 9/26/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Put in at 10:30 and left at 2:30. We used a yellow, purple and purple and pink wedding rings. Trolled around 1.5 - 1.8 mph. We caught fish consistantly for about two hours every time we trolled over a...
By: kcadwal
Posted: 9/22/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Lunched at the State Park about 8:30. Fished the area NW of the park at the start of the dunes. Action began almost immediately. Had two fish in the boat by 9:30, also missed two. Then thing slowed...
By: spokanebassman2
Posted: 9/20/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Super fun day at Potholes with the wife and some great friends. We got on the water about 1030am and fished until 3pm. Had consistent Smallmouth action in the rocky banks in 14-20ft of water. Caught m...
By: wmaxwell48
Posted: 9/19/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2015
Hot Spots: 3
May 14th to 17th we were at Potholes with the Western Washington Walleye Club. Took a short hop down Sullivan dam and brought the first fish on board, a small, small, smallmouth bass, Oh well 1 fish....
By: rseas
Posted: 9/15/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2015
Hot Spots: 2
This is a two day report and a hard one to rate. Based on the overall weekend experience it should be rated a 5+. Rating the weekend based on the fishing alone is a challenging also, if this was any o...
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 9/14/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2015
Hot Spots: 1
My 8 yr. old son and I started out at about 06:00 at the State Park boat launch. It is the only decent place I know of with a dock to launch this time of the year with the water level being so low. We...
By: bradmccort
Posted: 9/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/12/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water just after 7:30am and began fishing NW of State Park. Trolling chartreuse Mack's Wally Pop with bottom walker with nightcrawlers. Hit one right away then slowd down a bit. Moved coupl...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 9/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
CF was off chasing Salmon so my wife pinch hit. We had crankbaits in the water before 8:00 off Perch Point. We picked up a 2 walleyes and a couple nice smallmouths before moving to the humps mid-res...
By: kcadwal
Posted: 9/11/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched this morning shortly after 7:30. Fished an area NW of the State Park. Water depth from 7-20 feet deep. My partner and I had our limits by 10:00. Used orange smile slow death and 1 1/2 oz. ...
By: OGFboat
Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Had heard good things about Potholes recently, so my buddy Slad and I decided to give it a run. Got on the water around 8, off by 2:30. Started off in Lind Coulee, No luck there. Moved over to Medicar...
By: Jose Diaz
Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I only had a couple of hours to fish today, but it was worth the very worth the trip! After playing around with colors and speed, I ended up pulling cranks at medicare beach and at the humps in front ...