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By: fishindoc
Posted: 6/14/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
First trip to Banks this year. Launched at Coulee City with the usual suspects at 7:15. There were several boats working just outside the launch area but we headed further north and worked some hump...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 6/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out early with Al and CF to Spring Canyon. While getting the boat ready to launch I realized I left my downriggers in my garage. We all wondered if this was an omen of things to come. I wasn...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 4/14/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After getting a couple of good reports CF and I headed to the North end. CF had his lines in water by 6:30 and had 2 fish before I got my lines in. The bite was very good with 11 eyes and a 14 inch c...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/28/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Keller Ferry this AM with an inch of overnight snow on the roads and intermittent spitting the entire way. I resisted my innate urge to go fast and it took an extra 20-30 minutes f...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/12/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I introduced Bob to the Great Lake Roosevelt Fishery. We had an unposted report about Kokanee out of Spring Canyon earlier this week so we headed there rather than Keller were we had done well...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/5/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fog and slick roads made for a 2 plus hour drive for us to the Keller Ferry launch. 2 near deer collisions added to the tension which was relieved by getting lines in the water by8:00 AM. I was goin...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Al, CF and I along with a dozen deer were the first at the Keller Ferry launch. Temp was 22 with clear skies.We had lines in the water by 7:30. It was only a few minutes before the first RBT was rel...
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: 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: fishindoc
Posted: 7/30/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Despite getting 25 fish days at Potholes the last 3 weeks the recent reports had us headed to Banks this AM. Winds were forecast to be 5 MPH but whitecaps greeted us. We launched at Coulee City and ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 7/7/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I headed to Banks Lake this morning with my son and 2 grandsons. The boys don't have a lot of fishing experience so I thought the abundant walleye would keep their interest up. I set them up with li...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Better late than never. This is for 5-10 and 5-11. It was beautiful Sunday so my wife decided late morning that going out on the lake would be a good way to spend Mothers Day. We launched at noon a...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 4/27/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I could not get out until this afternoon so we launched at Montlake and had lines in the water at 1:30 with a bright sun and calm lake. The walleye did not seem to mind the conditions and afte...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 4/25/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Over the last 6 weeks I went scouting for walleye on the North End for walleye with not even a bite on 3 occasions. Yesterday CF and I launched at Connelly Park and headed North. We had lines in th...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 3/24/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I took Ken to Rufus to get his first Triploid. It rained heavy for the near 2 hour trip to the Seton Grove launch.The rain finally stopped as we dropped lines at Nespellum Bar at 7:30. We dri...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 3/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Ken joined us today for his first Roosevelt trout/Kokanee outing. We began trolling in front of the Spring Canyon launch heading toward the dam with lines in the water by 7:15. It was a grinder day ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 1/2/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Al, CF and I decided to start the New Year by chasing Triploids at Rufus Woods. It felt colder than the 25 degrees we had in the open boat today but the hot fishing made it all worthwhile. We conce...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/27/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Unfortunately Al, CF and I were the first to the launch today and got to break ice from Blue Heron Park(the launch is fine) to the I-90 bridge area. The ice was 1/4-1/2 inch and will likely be back i...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/26/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This weather has been incredible for December, allowing for alternating golf and fishing outings. I had noticed at least two boats north of the I-90 bridge each time I headed to the golf course the l...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/22/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Dick joined CF and myself to see if Rufus could produce another great day for us. The weather certainly cooperated with sun, little wind and temps in the upper 40s. We fished the upper pen area drif...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/18/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was a hard decision for CF and I to choose today's fishing location. Lake Roosevelt has been outstanding for us the last month but good reports from Rufus Woods had us wondering. It had been 5 ye...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Keller Ferry on Tuesday. It was raining most of the day but at least the temp was better in the low 40's. Compared to the last 4 trips the fishing was considerably slower but resp...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was 11 days ago when CF and I last made it to Roosevelt and we were hoping that the fishing was still outstanding. Our friend Ron joined us and he was quite anxious to try his new prototype insul...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I set out to show our friend Tim what the winter fishery at Lake Roosevelt was all about. The cloud below us as we dropped down to Keller was gorgeous and multiple Turkeys and deer along the r...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to all who responded to my post seeking advice about towing my boat with canvas up. I purchased a snap on tool mentioned by two of you and I am now a believer in it. There is no way I could h...