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By: panfisher
Posted: 4/21/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fish'd the N. end from 9:00-11:00am using jigs that where white/flash for the crappie (38)-5-10" and a panthermartin spinner for trout (9)-10-13". weather put them off a bit but should be good fishing...
By: panfisher
Posted: 4/19/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fish'd from 12:00pm-4:30 pm using a a white marabou and tinsle'd jig. every spot that I fish'd i was able to get at least 10 crappie with the north end being the most productive and had a few 30 fish ...
By: eodblaster
Posted: 7/21/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/2009
Hot Spots: 2
Any color seems to work.. as long as the fish can see it. Rubber worms rigged WEEDLESS. Fish the thickest cover and most obvious holding areas for the big ones or the little ones will pick your tails ...
By: eodblaster
Posted: 7/16/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Unfortunately I only had two hours to fish before it got dark. I caught two 1-2 lbs bass in that timeframe. I am sure there are good bass in the pond, but in all honesty I couldnt keep the little fish...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had to try the dolly I made for my jon boat by wheeling it down to Rotary.I hardly fish this lake because its quite a haul for a boat,battery,motor,etc.It should be pretty easy now because I just slap...
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/19/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I figured out the way to not getting my car broken in at this lake -- ride a bicycle. I pumped up my tires and wiped off the layer of dirt accumulated over the winter and spring on my bike and jumped...
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I lied. In my previous report I said it would be a while before I went back to this pond. But, when you have a pond four minutes from your house, and it's a nice day, it's very tempting to thr...
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/13/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Seeing that I live two miles away from Rotary Lake, I figured I would give this lake a shot tonight. I have heard that there are some nice largemouths in this body of water. I arrived around 8 pm, o...
By: David Hert
Posted: 4/26/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake just before noon, 5 minutes after I had my line in the water I landed and released a 10" bow, and then caught zip after that. Had a couple of bites but no luck on landing (I fish barble...
By: David Hert
Posted: 3/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to Rotary at about 1:00 pm to practice using my new fly rod (I've never fly-fished before in my life). After 45 mins of complete frustration (and hooking myself behind the ear once), I swit...
By: David Hert
Posted: 3/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had a bad case of the winter blues and was getting itchy to do some fishing, Hit Rotary at about 3:30 in the afternoon just after the last snow shower and fished the east side of the lake. Used rainb...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/10/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my buddy Brian hit the lake at about 2:00 pm and fished using powerbait catching and landing a few 10 inchers...In the late evening Brian was working an orange rostertail when he got a monster ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/8/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my Buddy Brian hit the lake at about 2:00 pm and fished using powerbait catching and landing a few 10 inchers...In the late evening Brian was working an orange rostertail when he got a monste...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 8/22/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Rotary from 8 pm until close to dark (about 8:35) and caught one small bass on a root beer colored Rebel Wee R Bandit shallow water crankbait. I know people unfamiliar with Rotary who read t...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 8/2/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing at Rotary Lake for Largemouth Bass from 7:45 to 9 pm. The lake was way less crowded than a month ago, but perhaps that's because it was a Wednesday and almost dark. In any case, there w...
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/1/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to Rotary again today to prove that I could actually catch a fish there after getting skunked a few days prior. I used a Yamamoto double tailed hula grub with a white, quarter ounce jighea...
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/1/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I hit up Rotary Lake tonight in search of some of the nice largemouth that I heard lurk there. I fished after work from about 730-830, using jigs and grubs, top water rapalas and rapala crank baits. ...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 4/30/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I caught and released five trout, measuring 8 to 12 inches, between 4:50 and 6:20pm. I was 5-for-11 on landing hooked fish, which isn't quite 50-percent, but is much better than I did yesterday (1-for...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 4/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Rotary Lake for opening day. I didn't get there until 8 pm, and left at 8:35, there was maybe ten people on the lake when I arrived. I used a small Luhr Jensen tiger tail with no success for ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/27/2006
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2006
Hot Spots: 0
I moved to yakima 4 months ago and found rotary about 2 months ago. Fishing started slow for me until i tried a wedding ring tipped with worm...now its fish on. The fish are running shallow....I take ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/22/2006
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/22/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Well, since this lake clearly hasn't had a real report since 2003 let me get the ball rolling again. I moved to Yakima from Olympia last month, and this was the first time I've had any free time to go...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/30/2006
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2006
Hot Spots: 0
ohhhhhhhh maaannnnnnn! 28 lb catfish that i caught!!!
*Editor's Note: Can we see a picture? :-)
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/30/2006
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2006
Hot Spots: 0
oh man! im only 14 years old but just about the best 14 year old fisherman you'd ever know! I caught 2 catfish over 20 lbs and 4 rainbow up to 5lbs smallest was 3 lbs! great fishin!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2003
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
If you have been looking for a good local place to catfish Rotary is the place. I've caught channel catfish up to 15 lbs. And have seen people catch them up to 25 lbs. they bite on worms, liver, and f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/5/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I can't stand seeing people Landing and keeping fish 5-8"....arrrr
why can't The WDFW lace a limit on the size of the fish that you can land there .WDFW do a very good job on stocking but man why the...