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By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at the Corps launch above the Chief Joseph Dam around noon. Ran up to the lower most pens. I fixed me up a couple of "Easy Fish Candies", Thanks Panfisher for the idea. Two in Smoke/red flake...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to RW after an AM trip to Wenatchee, Dr appointment, and arrived at the Chief Joe launch around 11ish. Tried fav spots on lower end but no bites, so we ran up to the lower most pens area. Started...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made a run over to Seaton's Grove Launch to fish the upper pens area today. Wife was working, and I had promised a coworker (Auggie) a fishing trip, so today was his day. He hadn't caught a trout over...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
YAAAAA HOOOOO!!! Cindy finally caught her personal best Rufus Woods Triploid, and Her FIRST trout over 10 pounds. It was a chilly 27 degrees when we launched at Seaton's Grove and motored down belo...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/30/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing partner had to work today (Sun), so I Hooked up to the boat and made a run to the RW for a quick fishing trip.
Got on the water (seaton's grove) around 0900ish, and was off the water aroun...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/28/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made the drive up to Seaton's Grove Launch this AM. THANKS to the guys who shared their advice on the launce area, it was helpful. Ran down to the first set of pens and fished the back side of them ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, we had to try it again today, Sat nov 21, 2009. We drove up to Seaton's Grove Launch, and boated down to the first pens. There was little then no current at the upper pens location today and th...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Friday Nov 20, 2009, Mission: To get to the Upper pens and catch a HOG. What a ride. We put in at the corps launch at Chief Joe Dam, and headed up river. We made the trip up to the upper pens without ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A short report on Slow fishing at RW. We launched at the crack-of-dawn 30, and ran up to the pens. Witnessed a beautiful sunrise with the scattered clouds, but the bite was slower than usual. W fishe...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another grand day out on the water. We didn't launch until around 0830-0900, but it was still chilly and foggy. The run up to the lower pens was limited vision for the first 10 miles or so due to the ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished RW Sat, and Sunday, Sat was rough water, high winds, and difficult boat control. Caught several small trout and kept one 6 + pounder. Sunday was a better day with water temps down a few degrees...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/1/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made a short trip to RW today, spent about 4 hours poking around. Launched at the Corp Launch at Chief Joe and fished up stream to the Cabin Hole. Hit various spots and only brought to boat two (2) f...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had a day off work, so headed up to RW for a quick check on conditions. Launched around 0830 and quit fishing around 1330 or so. surface water temp 61-62 degrees, and less than normal clarity for thi...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A tough day fishing (catching) on the RW, but a great day on the water.
Launched from the Corps launch around 0930ish with air temps in the 50s, and the surface water temp at 64 with a slight breeze....
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WOW Two trips to RW in one week. (Fri & today)
The bite was slow but fish were caught. Once again Cindy catches the biggest fish (@7# 4oz) but I got to release several before I kept my limit.
We la...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 7:30AM Friday. Air temp in the 40s brisk breeze, and water temp was around 60 degrees at the launch. Headed up to the lowermost pens, fished to around noon. Caught several and kept...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A windy and tough day for us on the Rufus Wood Saturday. Launched around 1030AM and headed up to the lowermost pens with intentions to fish back downstream to the launch. We caught a few at the pens ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 9/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
YAAAAA HOOOOOO!!!
Back on the water Again. Put in at the Corps Launch above the Chief Joe Dam ( Water temp 69-70F), and headed up river to the Lower most set of Pens. Several boats trolling and ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 7/26/2009
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/26/2009
Hot Spots: 2
Took a co-worker (not very experienced at fishing) out on Roses lake to catch some bluegill (his family wanted to have a fish fry) And had a successful day on the water. I used Fly rod with floating p...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/13/2009
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I needed to get some pics of the launch area on Roses, so when Cindy got off work We hooked up the boat, since we were going to drive to the lake anyway. We got to Roses around 5:30 PM, shot a few pic...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/12/2009
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After a long day of Mandantory work related meetings, Wife (after a 10 hour shift) and I headed over to Roses Lake up By Manson. When we left home, the lake (Chelan) was whipped up into nasty whitecap...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 0900 and fished till around 5:00. Wind, rain, and sunshine made for a well rounded day. We fished up to the Cabin Hole above Pump #3, and several spots below. Picked up trout all a...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/4/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2009
Hot Spots: 3
Fished Wapato from around 1300 - 1630, trying for the yellow perch. Used Small plastig grubs, minnow immitation, crappie tubes, spoons, plugs, and even the lowly night crawler. Lots of perch observed...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another great evening at Roses lake fishing for panfish. Got on the water around 3:00, and there were a few boats on the water at that time, but not crowded. Air temp around 85, and water temp 73-75 d...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 5/28/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got off work early on Wed evening, Hooked up to the boat, and wife and I headed to Wapato to check out the water for a couple hours. First time on lake this year. Water temp was 60-63F and weed growth...