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By: Stringbean
Posted: 4/7/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/7/2022
Hot Spots: 0
My son talked me into leaving work early so we could try our luck with the planters.We both limited in half an hour with the first 2 a double in about 30 seconds after leaving the launch.
Catch & rel...
By: AVS_15
Posted: 4/4/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Made a last minute decision to go to Lake Desire after work and it paid off. I could go into detail of how I caught the fish but it's really not necessary as they hit pretty much anything that moved....
By: ONCOfisher
Posted: 3/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hadn't been fishing since my honeymoon on the Oregon coast a month ago - where I managed to slay a few fat surf perch before the storms got too strong.
I've had the itch for a while, so I figure wh...
By: eddiebishop
Posted: 7/20/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Recently bought and restored a smaller boat so I could start trying some of the smaller lakes where my big boat can't go. Lake Desire turned out to be a nearby fishery that provides a serene fishing e...
By: Juicy
Posted: 5/16/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Great fishing there Wednesday went with a friend both got our limit. thur went at 730pm got 4 trouts in 30 min the central east bank of the lake is full of fish
By: gregh987
Posted: 4/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Anyone else feel this is one of the few lakes left that needs to be stocked and stocked heavily. I have fished at this lake for many many years and have had much luck at this lake. But this year the s...
By: robert4681
Posted: 4/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my 12' boat at 10:30 am and trolled with pop gear and a night crawler the length of the lake two times with only one hit which didn't stay hooked. Every other fisherman I talked too said it h...
Posted: 3/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Since the sun peek out today I figure I go fishing. Been reading the reports on Washington Lakes and Green Lake was in mind. As I headed out toward the free way, it was traffic time. I'll say around 2...
By: robert4681
Posted: 7/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my 12' foot boat at 8:00 am and trolled pop gear with a nite crawler had 5 nice rainbows by 10:00 am.
By: missxheather5
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 2
So I've been here all week, improved my bait types, improved my time of day, got a new pole even (my other was a bit small and couldn't cast out far) and I've only caught TWO fish haha decent sized. B...
By: Ohcanada_00
Posted: 9/12/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Two teams of two set out early in the morning. I was in boat two trolling crank baits with my boat buddy doing the same. We trolled mostly the south end of the lake after a few runs around the north ...
By: TBear_fishin
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I really would rate this outing 4 stars for the totally awesome weather we are currently having. Fishing from the dock at the boat launch with 2 other gentlemen, Tried a variety of methods, but settle...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Wow... what fun with 10-12" bows using black wooley bugger trolled on a light fly rod... bigger fish at the southeast end for sure, but fish everywhere! Kept 3, released a ton... a surprise for this l...
By: scout637
Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This lake use to have bass in it. What happened? Did they poison them out? Sure has plenty of trout. You have to try real hard not to hook a trout. The trout are fun to catch but generally they are al...
By: Himself
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on the lake...Friday was a bit tough, avoiding a nasty thunderstorm that came through. Saturday however produced more bites than i've had in a while. Only on the lake for an hour or...
By: WazzuBaker
Posted: 5/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on the water at Desire. Took a good buddy out to catch some fish around 1:30pm or so and got off the water by 3:00 pm. We trolled slowly with flatfish and brought 6 rainbows in the b...
By: gregh987
Posted: 5/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was good to me today. Though the weather was nasty for this time of the year, I had my limit in a little over an hour. One of which actually snapped my line about 10 feet from the dock. Looked...
Posted: 5/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Caught 2 trout just before it was pitch black. Started at 7 stopped at 9.
By: WazzuBaker
Posted: 5/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got onto the water at 6:15 am, nice overcast conditions but the air temp had to be in the low 40's... glad I brought a beanie and warm jacket. Trolled for a solid 2 hours and snagged a couple decent r...
By: WazzuBaker
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water today by 7:00 am and had a bite on the first cast, knew it was going to be a good morning on Desire. Trolled slow in about 8-12 feet of water for a good couple of hours. Found one are...
Posted: 4/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Link to YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPAYx1fQJIE
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It was a beautiful day out and I decided to take my chances and ...
Posted: 10/30/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I started out the day fishing the Green River for salmon but that didn't go to well. We checked out a spot we had good luck before and got nothing in the 1 hour or so that we fished ther...
By: tim crothers
Posted: 10/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Desire today with some brand new Rapala type lures with hopes of landing my first ever Bass. It was about 2:00 and I had the dock all to myself wich is good as I was hoping to get some cas...
Posted: 10/23/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So the weather hasn't been all that great lately in western Washington and I still feel like we got ripped off on our Fall Bass Fishing Season. But it was nice out today and my buddy and I decided to...
By: Bear21
Posted: 10/19/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy, Rick, and I took our last trip put bass fishing for the year and till he comes back from Afgan. (he welds Striker Trucks) And so we first started out the evening trolling for trout while we ...