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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/5/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Banks Lake on a beautiful October day, no wind or clouds and a sunny 75 degrees! The four of us rented a party barge from Coulee Playland Resort and headed out left from the marina towards St...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/1/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/1/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks lake with friend and Bassin expert Mike Carney 10/01. What a blast we caught lots and lots of Smallmouth mostly using Senko worms
and drop shooting, I learned a lot from this guy can...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/10/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The following morning (Saturday) saw us get up to a bacon and egg breakfast complete with a cup of coffee. We then set out to see “Cooter” to get the The weather was perfect this weekend as a nice bre...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We first arrived on Friday but decided not to fish right away because it was mighty hot so we hung out at camp for a while then Saturday morning we headed over by the pens by coulee play land and were...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2003
Hot Spots: 0
A half-dozen boats were fishing the north end of banks lake this morning, near the dam, the inlet, and across from coulee playland. Two of them tied up to the inlet log boom and fished power bait; the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Found out the walleyes were hitting Saturday afternoon after catching bass in the morning. I don't have a kicker or electric motor so I caught some nice eyes between 17 and 26 inches drifting using an...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks lake yesterday for 8 hours and what with the heat and the drive back, this morning I feel fried.
Fished for walleyes for about 6 hours and it was hard to even scrape up a bite. Ended u...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2003
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
You can catch tons and I mean tons of smallys at Banks this time of year. In fact you can from early spring thru fall. Early spring I took out a few clients and Crankbaits and Rattletraps were the tic...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few hours today and tried my luck on the lake. First time fishing here, I trolled a Black Wooley Bugger with a fast sinking fly line using a 5 weight 8 1/2' Sage. Water temp was at 54 degrees, s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Last February suffering from spring fever I pulled up the old Washington lakes web page and clicked on Banks lake a Add for Coulee play land
popped up and I made reservations to stay there 5/30 th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2003
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Despite the weather, Banks was HOT. 4:30am Friday, I hit the rock structures in the mouth of the punchbowl. Found 54 degree water and hit several Smallies on the topwaters. As soon as the sun came ove...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Lots of fisherpersons, lots of boats, great weather and awful fishing! No wally's biting, some largemouth bass in Osborn bay hitting spinner baits and a few trout being caught by trolling cranks at hi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/28/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/28/2002
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I just back from Banks Lake on 9/28. We were there from 9/23. Fishing was slow and most of the guys were out after wall’s and small mouth. Dave, where we were camped out in our RV, at th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Before I get into Banks Lk. bass fishing during this beautiful fall season Id like to report some walleye fishing my clients and I did on Rufus Woods. The fishing wasn't even close to being as success...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Before I get into Banks Lk. bass fishing during this beautiful fall season Id like to report some walleye fishing my clients and I did on Rufus Woods. The fishing wasn't even close to being as success...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/12/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks the afternoon of the 12th and morning of the 13th. We tried the Northeastern tip and shoreline of Steamboat Rock for walleye which had previously been somewhat productive but only caught...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/9/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2002
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I fished banks for trout this weekend. We did great. There is a cove northwest of Steam boat rock. We fished with needle fish and leaded line out about 4 colors. Fished for about four hour...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/1/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I fished along the orange boundary markers at the north end of the lake. The fish weren't really biting. Besides our 3 rainbows, and 1 smallmouth, we only saw a few other fish caught and they were a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/10/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Got at Banks lake and it was really windy. Fished all over the lake and got 2 bullheads. Fishing at Banks Lake is terrible.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cooks Bay on Banks Lake for most of the week. Walleye were taking most any thing the wife and I put in the water. Camped at Jones Bay, and never ventured and further than Cooks Bay since we had...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/7/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2002
Hot Spots: 0
MY FRIEND HOWARD AND I WENT OUT OF STEAMBOAT ROCK STATE PARK ABOUT 8:00 AM.
FROM THE BOAT LAUNCH JUST GO NORTHEAST TO THE COVE. THIS AREA IS POPULAR FOR
WALLEYE. ABOUT 20 MINUTES I HAD WHAT FELT LI...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/2/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Friday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend and had pretty good luck with the Smallies. Group of 5-8 of us caught and released 3 fish over 2 lbs and 10-15 more over l lb. Lost three others that we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/26/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2001
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Banks lake and I didn't do too bad. Caught 2 smallmouth one of them a 4 pounder. Fishing was very slow as the result of a cold front that had moved through earlier. Largemouth f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I just got back and only landed six fish, one was four pounds, two more were 2 pounds, and the last two were about a half-pound. The last two were caught off the dock at the boat launch. The other 3...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/28/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the launch at Coulee Playland about 0600 by myself. I started
fishing for walleye right away. I was using a red wedding ring
with a yellow blade and a worm chaser. I did not catch any thing...