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By: dluders
Posted: 11/26/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/26/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Since this was the first Friday after Thanksgiving, a good crowd of fishermen/women fished the area "Winter-Only" lakes. The weather was ideal (41 deg. F., high overcast, little to no wind, no rain, ...
By: dluders
Posted: 11/27/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/27/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Fourth of July Lake was PACKED for opening day of the winter season. I arrived at 5:35 AM (1.5 hours before sunrise), and there were already 15 vehicles in the parking lot. By the time I hiked t...
By: dluders
Posted: 1/2/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
[FOR ICE DEPTHS AT FOURTH OF JULY & SPRAGUE LAKES, LOOK AT THE END OF THIS HOG CANYON REPORT]
Drove to HOG CANYON this afternoon, and was pleasantly surprised to find 4-1/2" of good, firm ice. There...
By: dluders
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 1
After I failed to catch anything from the fishing dock at nearby Silver Lake (from 4:45 AM to 5:45 AM), I drove over to West Medical Lake's north parking lot. I was the first one there, and had the e...
By: dluders
Posted: 4/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 1
The parking lot at the north end of West Medical Lake already had ~20 vehicles when I arrived at 6:55 AM. Although it was cool and foggy to start out, there were many boats and shore fishermen. I fi...
By: dluders
Posted: 1/20/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/20/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I drove to Jerry's Landing on Eloika Lake for the first time in 25 years, paid $3 for parking, then trudged northwards on the ice to the first big point on the northeast shore. I drilled my first ...
By: dluders
Posted: 1/4/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Around 11 AM, I got onto the 6"-thick ice at Silver Lake. There was one icefisherman (in a collapsible shelter) straight out from the Public Fishing dock on the northwest corner of the lake. I drill...
By: dluders
Posted: 1/3/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was the first Ice Angler to arrive at Hog Canyon this morning, and drilled my first hole through 10" of ice along the eastern shoreline at 9:10 AM. Two young families arrived at 10 AM, but nobody c...
By: dluders
Posted: 12/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I got to Fourth of July Lake before dawn, and there was already an SUV parked in the lot. I hiked along the east shoreline in twilight to the First Narrows (~1/2 mile south of the parking lot), where...
By: dluders
Posted: 10/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I fished off of the southeastern shoreline (nearest to the Public Fishing parking lot) for 1-1/2 hours. I caught a 4" Largemouth Bass and a fat 13" Rainbow Trout on a 1/4-oz. chrome Kastmaster slab-j...
By: dluders
Posted: 9/14/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/14/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Got on the water with my canoe at 5:40 AM (about an hour before sunrise). The lake was quite still and the brightest stars were still out. I headed out from the Public Boat Launch and drifted southw...
By: dluders
Posted: 9/7/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got on the water at 6:30 AM (1/2 hour before dawn) and headed north from the Public Launch in my canoe. The lake was almost like glass, and there were few fish rising. I used a 3/8-oz. Chrome Kast...
By: dluders
Posted: 8/23/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today I went to the Fairchild AFB Clear Lake Recreation Area (at the southeast corner of the lake) to try for warmwater species off of their fishing dock. Over 3 hours (8 AM-11 AM), I caught 6 ea., 4...
By: dluders
Posted: 7/19/2013
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After I got "skunked" at West Medical Lake early this morning, I drove to nearby Clear Lake to fish for warmwater species (like Bluegill and Crappie). For a while, I was alone at the fishing dock at ...
By: dluders
Posted: 7/19/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I woke up at 3:15 AM and was fishing West Medical Lake's western shoreline at 4:30 AM (~45 minutes before sunrise). From the parking lot at the north end (near the WA State Veterans Cemetery), it was...
By: dluders
Posted: 7/13/2013
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got up at 3:15 AM and was on the water at Medical Lake by 4:25 AM. The lake was like a mirror. I saw small trout (perhaps a foot long) jumping for flies all during my 4-hour fishing session, but n...
By: dluders
Posted: 7/12/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got up at 3 AM to make the 50-minute drive to fish Amber Lake before dawn. I fished alone in my canoe from 4:35 AM to 9:50 AM, but only caught three TINY, 5"-long Rainbow Trout. I could see small ...
By: dluders
Posted: 5/30/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2013
Hot Spots: 1
After my so-so fishing at West Medical Lake this morning, I went to the Clear Lake Recreation Area (the Fairchild AFB military resort at the southwest corner). From their Fishing Dock, I cast and ret...
By: dluders
Posted: 5/30/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/30/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I fished from the shore at the first Ponderosa Pine trees along the northwest shoreline, about 1 mile south of the parking area near the Washington State Veterans Cemetery. There were two groups of t...
By: dluders
Posted: 4/28/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Using a 1/4-oz. silver Acme Kastmaster slab-jig, I fished for 2-1/3 hours from the northwest bank of West Medical Lake. After it hit the water, I counted down 7 seconds and then jigged it sideways ba...
By: dluders
Posted: 6/19/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished from 3 PM to 5 PM on a sunny, 75-degree breezy afternoon. I motored up to the north end of Clear Lake, and drift-fished along the shorelines. Using a silver Acme Kastmaster 1/8-oz. slab jig...
By: dluders
Posted: 1/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
On a clear & cold morning, I drove from Spokane and was at the Fourth of July Lake parking lot in only an hour. The access road was in fine condition (2-wheel-drive is fine), and there were already 6...
By: dluders
Posted: 1/1/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I drove to Fourth of July lake for the first time in years. The access road was in excellent shape, and I was the second vehicle there. After a 15-minute hike up atop the bluffs overlooking the east...
By: dluders
Posted: 12/31/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/31/2007
Hot Spots: 0
On this glorious, sunny afternoon, there were about 20 other ice fisherman (some with young children). Most folks were fishing just north of the "First Narrows" at the north end of the lake through 4...