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By: BentRod
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to go out for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. A couple of friends and I went to Lagoon Pt. and started trolling around 2pm. Trolled up and down until 5pm using various flashers, dod...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 8/22/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Tried shore fishing for pinks for the first time this morning. My brother-in-law and I got to the spot about 5am and it was still quite dark. Only one other group there, so thought we might be in th...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 8/10/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had our lines in the water by 5:30am and started trolling green flashers followed by 4.0 coyote spoons in a variety of colors down between 50-100'. I was running a green and white one. Not as many b...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 8/10/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 5am. We were running green flashers followed by 4.0 coyote spoons in a variety of colors, but I used mainly green and white with the down rigger set between 80 to 100 feet. Had a ...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 8/6/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
By luck, I had another chance to go fishing this evening. My brother-in-law and I wanted to fish Pine, but due to the city sponsered concert that was going on there, decided to hit Beaver instead. ...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 8/3/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After many moons, I finally got a chance to get on the water again. Loaded the boat on Friday night and didn't get a chance to use it until Monday morning....tough weekend. Decided to target SMB at ...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 6/22/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got to go fishing for the first time since the new addition to the family arrived. My Dad and I took a few hours to spend at Beaver and targeted LMB. Water temp was 66. Started at 1pm. Tried for a...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Beaver from 1 to 3:30 this afternoon. Not many people fishing. Fished the shoreline pads and docks using a weedless T-rigged curly tail worm (whitish-blue) on a finesse hook (no weight). I'd ...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to have a family fishing trip at Pine. I went ahead and launched the boat around 11am. Not too many people out on the lake, but the pier was pretty full. While waiting for my family to show up...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to have a family fishing trip at Pine. I went ahead and launched the boat around 11am. Not too many people out on the lake, but the pier was pretty full. While waiting for my family to show...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/25/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Beaver early Saturday morning. Started fishing at 5:30am and quit at 9am. Hit the shoreline with Texas rigged plastic worms, wacky senkos, and one crayfish styled tube bait. Got one good hit, b...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took the family out for a few hours this afternoon (about 3 - 6). Had fun trolling around the lake. Got a lot of hits on a rapala just under the surface, but my wife only ended up with two to the bo...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/17/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake just after 5:30am. Water temp was 59 degrees. Fished with an oxblood Kalin's worm Texas rigged. Hooked into a big one right off out of the lilly pad sprouts. Thought I'd set the hook,...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/17/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Tried again for bass this morning. Fished from 7-11am. Water temp. went from 56 to 58. Used about every color of grub, tube, and worm that I had in the box both with jig head and drop shot formats. C...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife wanted to go up to the lake for Mother's Day, so packed up the kid and gear after breakfast and got up there about 11:30am. A couple of boats on the water, but not many. Water temp. was 57-5...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/8/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to focus on bass this morning. Got to the lake at 5:30. Outside temp was 44 degrees and a light drizzle started just as I got there. Barometric pressure was 30.34 when I started and surface...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Three days of fishing in a row. Haven't done that since highschool. Went back to Pine today to take my 3-year-old. Started about 1pm. My dad trolled a jointed rapala on the surface and I set my da...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my dad fishing out at Pine four a couple of hours this afternoon. Our last trip to Beaver Lake a couple weeks ago was unproductive, so wanted to make sure we had some success. Thought there wo...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Part 2 of my Beaver lake morning (see other posting for trout fishing). Fished the middle portion the lake starting about 7am using an 4.5"oxblood Kalin's worm on a dropshot rig with a flourocarbon ...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/1/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This is part 1 of 2 reports on Beaver this morning. Got up to go bass fishing. Hit the lake at 6am. The only soul in sight was a guy going out from the park in a kayak (not fishing). Air temp was 44...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 4/24/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Ok, 5th times the charm...finally broke my skunk habit. Hit the lake at 6am this morning. Air temp was 34 degrees (long johns a must), but the weather was beautiful. Was on the water and fishing by...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 4/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was a beautiful evening and I got off work early, so took my wife and little girl to Beaver. Lots of people fishing, but those fishing from the launch said nothing was biting. Headed out just to ...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 4/20/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I thought "third time's the charm." .....not so much. Took my dad out Saturday morning. Launched at 7am. One boat and one inflatable on the water with one or two people fishing from the park. Beau...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 4/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I'm starting to think I've got some sort of cloud hanging over my head. Got to the lake at 6am. One guy fishing from the launch. Looked like he'd been there all night. Said he hadn't had much luck....
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By: BentRod
Posted: 3/30/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it certainly wasn't a "bad" day on the water, we just didn't catch any fish! :) My wife actually said "Why don't you go fishing with my brother?"....Uh, um, ok! I haven't been fishing since N...
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