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17 - Rufus Woods Fishing Reports
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By: Walleyemark1
Posted: 5/29/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter for another catch and release trip to Rufus. It took awhile but we caught 10 eyes and 2 trout. 6 of the eyes were over 6 lbs including a 7.5 and a 7. Half of the eyes were males this ...
By: Walleyemark1
Posted: 5/21/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter to Rufus to get away from the crowd I knew would be on the Arm. We launched at first light and worked our way down towards the net pens. It took awhile to locate some eyes but eventua...
By: Walleyemark1
Posted: 3/30/2023
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/30/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus, Rufus, Rufus you vex me. Took a trip to Rufus today. Saw the weather for the weekend and decided to take a vacation day and enjoy the sunshine. Cold start for Jay and me. I only fish Rufus onc...
By: walleyemark
Posted: 5/22/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I gave it a 4 based on quality not quantity. Launched early out of Seaton's Grove and hit some of my most productive areas in past years. The bite was never hot but Mike and I managed to boat 10 eyes....
By: walleyemark
Posted: 5/8/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Took my buddy Jay to Rufus to chase some eyes. We launched at 0600 and headed down river from Seaton's Grove. We only found one place that was holding fish and managed to catch 9. A pretty slow day ...
By: baldginger
Posted: 10/31/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/23/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Friday Saturday. Friday was nasty 35° and sleet. Bagged it after a couple hours without any good biters. Took a nap and got back out for magic hour and some night fishing. Still nasty rai...
By: Conradlam
Posted: 10/8/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We made a plan to target some of the larger Rainbows that this body of water is known for. Our target was elusive, yet we stayed away from the easy fishing, smaller fish close by the net pens. We rea...
By: walleyemark
Posted: 5/17/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to avoid the crowd on the Spokane Arm and gave Rufus a try. I took my friend Jay with me and we launched at first light from Seaton's Grove. We tried several areas around the island and though...
Posted: 5/8/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The first time out 2020 and it was a beautiful day. The boat and my new electronics worked fine. I think I will like my new Garmin.
I launched at Willow Flats Launch above Chief Joe .
The lot was ...
Posted: 2/18/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Left my house at 4 and met a friend in Airway heights. Then we proceeded to drive through the freezing fog until we rolled into the Rufus and launched just after daylight. We targeted 20-45 FOW for m...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 2/13/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Took my wife out for some late winter Walleye. Air and water temps were in the mid-30's. The bite was consistent but far from red hot. Flows and water levels in Rufus Woods have been particularly erra...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/25/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Day started off well with a couple hits and one fish in the kayak on a blade bait in the first half hour but then slowed considerably over the next few hours. I scratched out a couple fish primarily o...
By: baldginger
Posted: 11/10/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Long grinder of a day on Rufus. Pretty typical. Whacked a big trout by the pens on a hand tied jig. Struggled on the walleye but we found a few biters eventually.
By: lohans4
Posted: 11/7/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/6/2019
Hot Spots: 0
To say it was slow was an understatement. Not a bite one on 4 poles. We threw everything in the box & didn't get a bite. The only good thing was the weather & the scenery. Only one other boat that we ...
By: LordoftheFlies
Posted: 11/4/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The second day of fishing at Rufus Woods, First fish I have ever caught there.
I love how remote the water is there. Saw maybe 4 other boats on the water all day.
Super slow fishing for walleye, I d...
By: Mcfisherson13
Posted: 10/31/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! What a day! Caught 3 fish. Done by 2pm after starting at first light.
I gave it a 5 not because of the 7 hours it took me to catch my two small fish, but I gave it a 5 because of the day I got ...
By: walleyemark
Posted: 6/3/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Had to try one more weekend at Rufus to see of we could catch any more large fish before the spawn is over. We launched while it was still dark thinking we might be able to catch some eyes in the dark...
By: walleyemark
Posted: 5/26/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I took my buddy Jay, his truck & my boat, and his cousin Adam to Rufus. The morning started out with a bang and within the first hour we had caught 5 eyes and lost two others. I had the hot hand and w...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 4/12/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
For the first time in a couple of years I got skunked; luckily my buddy Jay caught 2 trout and 1 nice 21" walleye.
The water level is down about 8-10' and there is very little current; both are ba...
Posted: 4/10/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First trip of 2019, and as usual I headed to Rufus Woods, just above Chief Joesph Dam. I launched at Willow Flats public launch about 9:00 am one other truck and trailer was there.
I started out tr...
By: nc
Posted: 3/28/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Jigged, pulled worm harness and plugs around Nespelem bar with not a bite, saw 3 fish caught water was 37 degrees
By: Goldrigger1
Posted: 11/14/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm catching up on my Rufus Woods trips (3). This one is on Triploids.
Fishing was poor in numbers but great for size. I talked to the Colville Tribe inspector and many triploids were stocked in R...
By: Goldrigger1
Posted: 11/14/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I hadn't been to Rufus in months. I had to troll and move around to try to find them with the water at 56 degrees. Walleye were deep. I could see them but not catch any when I went to jigging and worm...
Posted: 10/15/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Such a beautiful day so I headed to Rufus Woods above Bridgeport and Chief Joesph Dam. Got there about 11:00 and there were a couple boat trailers at Willow Flats boat launch. I started with the usua...
By: baldginger
Posted: 9/26/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First time on Rufus on the chief joe end. Did alot of marking and auto charting. Trolled bouncers and harness, slow death smile etc in black and gold and chartreuse. Caught 4 with 3 of them identical...