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By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/30/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I headed down to Potholes with low expectations but hoped to find a couple big rainbows and some walleyes. Started trolling #9 Flickershads in 20 FOW east of Goose Island with no takers. Switched t...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 7/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I ventured to Potholes this morning hoping to ambush some trout or walleyes. We had 3 sizes of flickershads in the water by 5:30 AM. We trolled off the west side in 20-24 FOW and had a small tr...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Persistence sometimes pays off. CF, Al and I headed to Banks for the first time this year. We launched at Coulee City and started on the East side flats pulling crank baits but only found weeds. He...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/22/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was a beautiful morning on the water. My wife snapped a photo of CF and I as we passed by my condo headed north. We trolled our normal slow death rigs for an hour near the eagles nest with a coup...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/18/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My wife consented to chase walleyes today as long as we went out for breakfast first and waited until it warmed up a bit, neither condition unreasonable. We headed to the north end noting boats scatt...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/11/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I went searching for walleyes today. We unfortunately decided to try the south end first and 90 minutes yielded a single catfish. We headed to the north end and there were 5 boats in the area a...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/4/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Al, CF and I made our first Moses Lake walleye outing for 2017. We started at the North end and picked up two 19" fish in 2 hours and never saw another fish caught by the dozen other boats. We worke...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 2/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I went for a long truck ride today. There was 3-4 inches of ice for at least 100 feet in front of the launch at Seton Grove. We checked the unimproved launch below the first net pens. From th...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 2/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed north this morning with the temperature 10*. Fortunately the roads were clear and dry, a marked improvement from 3 weeks ago when we were busting snow drifts. We arrived at Spr...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The trip to Keller this morning was unique. The normal trio left home with the temp 25*. Near Soap Lake the wind was blowing and it was 40*. An hour later at Wilbur it was -3*. 20* at Keller alm...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/26/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ouch! The good news is that the ice was10+ inches. The bad news is the fishing was tough, tough. 1 bite and 1 perch in 4 hours. Only a handful of fish caught that I saw caught by 50+ people.
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed back to Sprague with high hopes again. It was a chilly 18' as we pulled into the launch with no ice on the water. Water temps 34.5-38.4 today so with the forecast the ice will be the...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife has been pretty understanding. I keep telling her Sprague is going to freeze over soon so I only have 1 or 2 trips left until ice keeps me home. Al and I made our third trip there this week....
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The number of fish we boated the last 4 trips to Sprague had increased each time so it was inevitable that a decline was coming our way. It doesn't mean we willing accepted it and we tried hard to cr...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/28/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Adhering to the rule, don't leave fish to find fish, the trio returned to Sprague. Fortunately the wind was not bad today and we found the fish in a biting mood immediately. We offered rippin minnow...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/22/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Sprague without Al today. We had lines in the water by 7:30 and trolled Kekada perch flies and perch rippin minnows on the west end of the lake. Last week we killed them in the s...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed to Sprague again with optimism despite the weather forecast. The wind was present on our arrival and with the temp 28 it was brisk on the water. We offered perch Kekeda flies, ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed back to Sprague after a decent day there Tuesday. I commented on the lack of forecasted wind on the drive over only to find big whitecaps on our arrival. Started out with a quick fis...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/8/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It has been a long time since we fished Sprague Lake and decided to give it a try this morning. The new dock was pulled from the SW launch but looks like a great addition. We started pulling rippin ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/4/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Catfish, Al and I headed to Keller this morning, a couple of weeks earlier than we usual start our winter trips to Roosevelt. Temps in the 40's not what we are used to while launching. Started below...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 9/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I bribed my wife to go fishing by taking her out to breakfast at a reasonable hour and arrived ant the launch at 11:00 AM. There were three boats already on the water which was 3 more than we ever s...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to try a doubleheader today. The forecast was for increasing wind today so we planned to fish for Kokanee at Deep Lake followed by Walleye at Banks. There were big whitecaps at Blue Lake ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/11/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed north this morning with our wives instead of CF, our usual fishing partner. There was much more chatter coming from the back seat instead of the normal snoring we were used to hearing...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After a 3 week road trip I was in serious need of bonding time with my Lund. With the usual suspects we headed to Keller this morning. Encountered a family of 4 raccoons that almost met their demise...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 7/9/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I bribed my wife with breakfast if she would go walleye fishing yesterday. I think it was making sure we had enough fillets in the freezer that sealed the deal. We launched at Coulee City and were p...