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By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/30/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to get out before the lake closed for the season. The bite started off slow with only smaller fish planted in the spring but eventually the holdover trout came out to play and I ended connectin...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/4/2021
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2021
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Lake Wenatchee Sockeye and it didn't disappoint. Dropped my downrigger to 60' and used a dropper on the other rod. As soon as I got the second rod deployed it went off and I landed ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/22/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Battle Ground Lake was recently stocked and the fishing was great as expected. Nothing of any immense size but I took the opportunity to try out a variety of lures and some cool little micro-crankbait...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/21/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Only 2000 to 3000 shad going over the dam daily but thought I'd give it a shot. Fishing started out slow in the morning with low flows but got better as the current picked up later in the day. By 1 PM...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/20/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the Willamette River near Oregon City (Clackamas County).
Did an afternoon of anchor fishing for shad. Found few fish in the first spots but finally moved into a productive slot...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/5/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I hadn't fished this lake in several years. In the past I've caught some large trout out of here so I was hopeful I might find some big fish on this day. Initially tried trolling the surface and had v...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 4/24/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Originally intended to fish Kokanee but reports were lackluster and bright sunshine and calm conditions only further suppressed the Kokanee bite. I decided to troll the shoreline in search of Rainbow ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 4/13/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Spectacles has been fishing solid for Kokanee but you have to cover water to find the schools. Once you find the school don't leave them. There is an abundance of trout feeding in the upper 10' of the...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 2/9/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
The latest blast of Arctic air has made for some great ice fishing opportunities in Washington state. I decided to slip up to Fish Lake and enjoy some perch ice fishing on one of the most beautiful ic...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/13/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
The ice is safe at Curlew although not nearly as thick as it would be in a typical year. Its all about finding a school so if you drill a hole and don't find fish within 10 minutes move on and a dista...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/26/2020
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Spent our Christmas morning on the ice at Curlew Lake. The ice between the state park and Wiseman Island is 5.5-6" and looks great. It gets considerably thinner east and north of the island. Normally ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/18/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/11/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I saw some earlier reports of Cutthroat Trout feeding near the docks on Lake Chelan so I headed down there with my ultralight rod and a small trout tackle kit. With some advice of a local lady I was d...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/8/2020
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/4/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I ventured up to Bonaparte for the first ice fishing trip of the year on the lake. I usually hit this lake a couple time throughout the year hoping for Tiger Trout and big Brookies. I normally connect...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/2/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/28/2020
Hot Spots: 0
You never know with these small lakes whether or not they will winter kill or more recently summer kill with the droughts. We hoped to drive up but found the 8" snow just a tad too deep for the Toyota...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/22/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Typically I start looking for Walleye this time of year but with many of my usual access points blocked by covid closures I decided to hit Billy Clapp for some Rainbow Trout. I expected fish to be fee...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/17/2020
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/12/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Recently WDFW has been more widely planting Tiger Trout across eastern Washington. Numerous lakes in Okanogan County now support these trout. My home lake near the town Brewster recently got a plant o...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/6/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Every once and while I wander down to this bizarre weed infested stream to stab some pellet heads in the face with a fly. The catching is often easy here but the weeds and shoreline vegetation make th...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 10/31/2020
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Each year as water temps cool on the Willamette River White Sturgeon pile into the Swan Island Basin to tuck out of the current from winter rains and to enjoy the warmer water temps created by the hea...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 10/14/2020
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fall is my favorite time to target Tiger Trout. They will typically flush with color and move shallow as part of their false spawning behavior. This can make them more finnicky at times but once you g...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 10/6/2020
Species: Black Rockfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The first half of early September was not a pleasant one with fires looming large on the landscape around my house. With the threat now passed I decided a trip to the coast in my kayak was due. With w...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 10/3/2020
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I've been wanting to hit this lake for the past few years but fires and flu always seemed to squander my plans. Camping on the lake is no longer allowed due to risk of falling trees so we did a day hi...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/30/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/30/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Several years ago I set out to catch as many species of fish and shellfish in WA and OR in a year as possible. It was an amazing year that opened my eyes to great diversity of fisheries the Pacific No...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/24/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Was eager to get out and enjoy blue skies and clean air again. A half day fly fishing for Rainbows seemed like a great and relaxing pursuit. Went up to Davis and had the whole lake to myself. Water te...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/21/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2020
Hot Spots: 0
After a week of evacuations and watching the fire burn entirely around our house to within a half mile I was in need of some time on the water. Decided to go and see how the Kokanee were shaping up at...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/15/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fires have made a mess of fishing in the Okanogan this past month. The large Palmer fire closed off access to several of my favorite lakes for several weeks and Covid has closed access to the tribal l...