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By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 3/18/2012
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This was strictly a Reconnaissance trip to see if the lake had thawed out yet. The area around the public access and the south end of the lake has thawed but the rest remained frozen and unsafe.
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 3/18/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My neighbor and I went to Liberty Lake for a couple of hours of fishing. We got as far as the launch and turned around to go back home. The wind had the lake whipped into white caps.
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 10/8/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Clear Lake in Spokane County paid off big again this weekend. We started @ about 8:00 AM and came off the water at noon. Fished shallow again behind flashers with Magic lures colored in Red and White....
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 9/24/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/24/2011
Hot Spots: 3
My partner Sean and I decided to give Clear Lake a try and see what happens. We were on the water about 7:30 and fished till close to noon. The water temp had cooled some, but I didn't get a reading. ...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 9/21/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2011
Hot Spots: 2
I decided to take myself for a float on Liberty Lake today. I was on the water by 7:30 A.M. and started trolling leaded line with a small Cowbell and a Red Spinning Fly. A lure I haven't used since th...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 8/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My brother & I went to Diamond Lake today just to see if the launch was a good one and if maybe the fish were biting. Long story short, Fair launch, poor parking & the fish weren't biting. We hit the ...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 8/17/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Finally got a chance to fish Liberty Lake. My back yard neighbor Sean and I decided that Wednesday would be a good day because we wanted to avoid the weekend crowds. The launch at Liberty is small and...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My brother and I took his new 20' Hewescraft out to West Medical for a sort of "shake down" cruise. We launched at 10:00 AM and finished till 1:00 PM. We started by dragging a Giant Cowbell with a red...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I got onto Eloika at about 8:00 AM. I launched at Jerry's Landing (terrible weeds at the ramp) and turned north along the east side of the lake. I fished from there to about halfway to the slough. I m...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 5/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 2
I left for the lake at 7:45 A.M. and the skies were clear. Air temp was in the mid to upper 60's. No clouds and only a slight breeze out of the S/W. I arrived at the ramp one hour later and I had to w...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day at Newman Lake. Here is a link to my blog with pics.
http://lotechslodge.blogspot.com/2009/07/fishing-with-family.html
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 7/18/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fried trout, hashbrowns, and corn on the cob. No better dinner on a summer evening after a day of fishing. It's been a family tradition with my family since the 1950's. We would fish all day, have tha...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 3/7/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I, along with our 2 dogs, were on a day trip to enjoy the fall colors and I took along an old Fenwick fly rod and some waders. I also took a garden kneeling bench because my legs are not w...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 9/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/6/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Well it was another beautiful day at Marshall. Marc and I set out from his house at about 8:30 AM and made the 1 hour or so trip to Marshall Lake. We took pontoon boats. Mine on my trailer and his in...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 8/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Jeff and I decided to hit Fish Lake in Spokane County because it was close and a no gas motor lake. He has daily chores that keep him home till around 9:30 so that's when we left his place with my pon...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 8/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2008
Hot Spots: 3
I arrived at the launch and was on the water before the sun hit the lake 5:45 AM. I started out with my favorite, F-7 Perch Scale Flatfish, about 2 feet behind a Giant Cowbell. I was running Cajun Red...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 7/19/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I don't know why I keep going back to Eloika but I do. Bluebird sky, calm wind, warm water temps and endless weeds. I started fishing at about 6:00 AM with purple worms. I would cast onto the lilly pa...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 5/31/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2008
Hot Spots: 3
I arrived at the lake at 7:30 and was immediately taken with it’s beauty. Marshall Lake is nestled in the mountains with the steep forested hills of a national forest surrounding most of it’s shores. ...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 4/13/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Marc, Dave, Mike & I had planned a day together at the lake. I was on the water by 10:00 AM but I hadn’t seen anyone else yet. I started by trolling a wine colored wooly bugger from the south end laun...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 6/2/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I launched my 12' jon boat at the public access at 5:15 AM. I talked with a couple of the locals who were launching just ahead of me and they said to use plastic worms with no weight. Cast onto the li...
By: Lotech Joe
Posted: 5/7/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
For a long time now, there's been a little girl that lived next door that was always there when I got back from fishing. She would wait for me to get home and look at the fish I brought home. She is 1...