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By: Big D
Posted: 3/19/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by Rat lake last Friday to check the ice. The ice was running about 10" of good clear ice topped with about 5" of cloudy ice so back up to the truck to grab my gear and the dog. The trout are ...
By: Big D
Posted: 7/30/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the Brewster Pool this morning early with my son and his girlfriend. We fished hard for three hours using four rods all set up and bated differently. Not one take down on our boat and we didn't...
By: Big D
Posted: 10/22/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Sorry for the late report.
I was able to talk my son & daughter into taking a trip out to Jameson lake last Sunday. The fishing was very good and the three of us caught our limits quickly using vario...
By: Big D
Posted: 2/9/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up to Rat Lake this morning with my son and a good friend of his. We fished for about four hours and were able to pull one nice 13" rainbow through the ice. Lots of light, quick bites but no gl...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My son, myself and a buddy headed up to Rat Lake this morning for our first time on the ice this year. We pulled into the parking lot right at 9:30 this morning and what did we see, The Game Warden's ...
By: Big D
Posted: 4/26/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After a very disappointing trip to Lake Chelan fishing for Kokanee we went to Roses Lake in hopes of shaking off the skunk. We traveled the weed line around the lake shore in hopes of pulling a Bass o...
By: Big D
Posted: 4/26/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Lake Chelan this morning early with my son. The water was like glass and the sun was shining enough that we had to put on sun screen prior to 8:00 am. We had four rods running off the back of t...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I called a buddy yesterday evening after our day on Rat Lake and told him about our trip. It didn't take much arm twisting to get him to head back up with me to the lake today. We drilled two holes cl...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/19/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/19/2013
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I hit Rat Lake again this morning hoping that we could get rid of the skunk smell from two weeks ago. We were on the ice at about 10:00 am with only one other pickup in the parking area. We...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/5/2013
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I went up to Rat Lake to check out the early ice and fishing conditions. We found 4" clear ice close to the shore so we dropped power bait into a few holes and waited and waited and waited ...
By: Big D
Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This is a two day report for July 17th & 18th. I got some time off so that me and my son could hit the Sockeye run in the Brewster Pool.
July 17th I blew off the alarm clock until waking up a 6:00 a...
By: Big D
Posted: 5/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My son & I fished the Tripping with the Triploids fishing derby on Rufus Woods today and had a great day as far as fishing together goes. We finally got into some fish shortly after noon but nothing o...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I was able to get my son to play hooky from school today so we headed up to Rat Lake with a good buddy. There were two or three feet of fresh un-tracked snow on the ground from the cattle guard to the...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/22/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Roses Lake this afternoon with a good friend. Weather had me wondering a couple of times if I was right in the head. Mostly heavy snow that melted when it landed on you making us wet. The ice wa...
By: Big D
Posted: 12/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today started out with some terrible news. After receiving a Guided Steelhead trip with the guide of my choice as a Xmas gift from my wife I was looking online to find the greatest guide out there wh...
By: Big D
Posted: 8/21/2011
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 0
Fished: 8/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I had a chance to do a short hike with my son last weekend and we hiked into a small lake above Wenatchee. (Not Beehive) I'm sorry that I can't divulge the name or exact location of the lake. We promi...
By: Big D
Posted: 6/27/2011
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We hit up the north end of Moses Lake today for a little Carp Killing in a very target rich environment. We spent between four and five hours dropping the hammer on the big slimy buggers. The weather ...
By: Big D
Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I had a chance to get some North Idaho family members out on Rufus Woods today. My sister in law and her boy friend showed up Friday night with rods in hand wanting to go fishing. They real...
By: Big D
Posted: 11/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I took my son on his first Rufus Woods trip today. He is freshly discharged from the Air Force after several trips to the Iraqi desert. We put in at the Corps boat launch at about 10:30 am and headed ...
By: Big D
Posted: 10/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My wife had to work today so I loaded up my boat and the dog and we headed to Jameson Lake to fish it for the first time since moving to Waterville. I put in at the state launch at about noon which su...
By: Big D
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Three friends and I hit up Brant's landing today for our annual spring get together and Beer festival. I don’t drink so of course I was the driver. We cast our lines into a steady head wind and all fo...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods, Some days…You eat the bear and other days the bear eats you or should I say the "FISH" eats you. Last weekend my wife decided that four months of remodeling our new home plus working full...
By: Big D
Posted: 7/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I got my boat back from the shop (New Computer in the 115 Yamaha) can we say BIG $$$$$$.$$ I decided to head up to the upper pens this morning because I hadn't made it up river that far and I wanted t...
By: Big D
Posted: 5/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife said this morning that she wanted to go to Rufus Woods to do some fishing and I never argue with her. So…after watching Hawg Quest I went outside to get the boat in order. As I was readying th...
By: Big D
Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Beehive Reservoir or should I say (CHELAN COUNTY DUMP) My wife had to work today so I made a quick trip up to Beehive Reservoir to check out this small lake. Me and my dog spent a couple of hours this...