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By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/8/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I went to our annual Men's Retreat at Kettle Falls on Lake Roosevelt arriving Thursday early afternoon. The wind was howling so no one was fishing that day. It calmed down overnight and Friday was a...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
WOW what a great day fishing with friends Brick and Carey. Got to the launch around 8:00 and rods in by 8:30 or so. The lake had come up and the ramp to the dock was under water 1 foot or so. Wadin...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Many thanks to Mike, Aaron, Randy and and all of the NWFR crew for another great Chelan camp out and get together. Many thanks to the sponsors for their support and goodie bags of tackle and other st...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 4/9/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got down to Rock this morning with my brother inlaw. What a beautiful day, no wind and mid seventies under clear skies. Ran up to the inlet end and the water was very dirty with lots of debris and f...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 3/8/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I, along with friend Ron, had the privilege of attending a Chinook salmon class put on by a well known tackle shop in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. It was a wealth of information on the Coeur d' Alene lake...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 2/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got a chance to take Captain Dave out on my boat for some Kokanee fishing. Launched at Spring Canyon and had the lines in the water about 9:00. Dave caught the first fish out in the middle ju...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 2/21/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Oh boy, it had to happen sooner or later....Alan got skunked for the day! Went out with friend Scott on his boat for a test ride (I'm thinking of buying it) and ran down to Sterling point fro 7 Bays ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 2/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fish Dawg and I have been talking for a while about getting him on to the kokes at Roosevelt. We finally set a date for him to come over from the Maple Valley area and try some Eastern Washington win...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/21/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Keller area for kokanee starting around 8:30 on Sunday. We knew it might be tough fishing based on rising water and a storm forecast to come in around 2 in the afternoon. Caught the first...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 12/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It's been a while since I was able to go fishing. Friend Ron invited me to go to Roosevelt today and chase down some of those beautiful kokanee we have been seeing in reports here. We had a good dri...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/30/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Captain Daves Guide Service. He asked me to post it for him as he is fishing the Vernita area and was unable to log on.
(Dave) I am having a great time down here on the Columbia...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/15/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I made the mistake of buying a house in the middle of our usual annual salmon trip to the mouth of the Deschutes on the Columbia. I canceled the two week reservation at the park and tended to detail...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Friend Ron really wanted to return to Roosevelt for some more of those beautiful kokes. He had his friend Bill going and tempted me with "hey you wanna go to Roosevelt?" naw I dowannago. Yeh right;...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well.......it had to happen sooner or later; but first the saga:
I took my friend Brick out for the first time after he had major surgery last fall. He really is feeling good finally after a long ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Friend Ron and I sat and talked about the incredible Roosevelt kokanee while fishing at Loon on Friday. It comes down to a two kokane limit because no hatchery fish are being caught. But man are the...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't been out chasin kokes for a couple of weeks so called friend Ron and went to Loon Friday evening. The barometer was really crazy with a cold front going through in the late afternoon. Didn't...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/27/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Loon last night. Pleasant relief from the heat wave we have been having. It got down to 60 degrees and had to put on a jacket. Had my brother in law Dan along and shared the fishing hole with...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Night fished Loon for the first time this year last night. Took new friends Judy and her husband Ben for their first ever kokanee night fishing trip. Got set up in the usual area down by Granite Poi...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/24/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day at Loon with Captain Dave Grove and Rob from NW Fishing Reports. We got started around nine on the North end of the lake. Made a couple of passes trolling in 30 to 40' of water with...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the weekend of the Northwest Fishing Reports (Washington Lakes) Camp out and get together May 1st to May 3rd.
First of all many thanks to Mike and JoAnn Carey for putting togethe...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 4/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The weather yesterday was very unsettled with storm fronts moving through one after another. I called my nephew to see if he wanted to go in the afternoon since it was opening day after all! We have...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 4/12/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Mark asked for a re-match to go to Hayden and give the Kokanee a whirl. I watched the weather reports for Saturday and they did not look too good. Rain and wind in the AM with wind increas...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 4/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We were scheduled to go to Hayden and guess what ....my alarm did not go off! Oops my fishing partner for the day called at ten to six and we were supposed to meet at 5:30 am. Not good as I still ha...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 2/14/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First of all many thanks to SsendaM (Brian) for taking me out today. We have been wanting to get together since last year and finally made it happen.
Got the lines in about 8:30, it was in the upp...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 2/1/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Yep, had to happen sooner or later like hewesfisher said a while back. I didn't want to drive 95 miles in the heavy fog predicted for Friday to launch at Spring Canyon so opted for Porcupine Bay on t...