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By: riprap101
Posted: 1/2/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to end the year on a trip to rufus with my wifes dad. Left spokane at 6am and arrived at Seatons Grove around 9am after stopping at Airway Heights Micky D's for a breakfast gut bomb,
Fished...
By: riprap101
Posted: 12/7/2011
Species: Burbot
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Read the report from CCT Mark on the 3rd. Had planned on fishing Waitts today, however wanted to try for some Burbot because I had never caught one. Launched at Lincoln and headed straight to Hawk Cre...
By: riprap101
Posted: 12/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
On the water from Fort Spokane about 0830. Fished 4 different bays on each side of split rock. Picked up 4 fish close to the beach in about 12 feet of water on a small 3/16 ounce swim tail tipped with...
By: riprap101
Posted: 8/4/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Put the boat in the water at 3pm with two buddies. Ran down lake and fished a stretch of shoreline a few miles before you reach willow bay on the opposite side of the lake. Started out a little deepe...
By: riprap101
Posted: 6/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Could not get it going today. Hit the pads near the dam where I know their is a ton of perch. Threw a rage frog over the top, a spinnerbait down the weedline, and punched the slop with a rage baby cra...
By: riprap101
Posted: 6/9/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
On the water at 10 am with the intention of spending the day flipping and pitching. Had to pick my daughter up from school at 3 so I fished the area I believe is referred to as sunset bay, ( by the po...
By: riprap101
Posted: 4/12/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with F. In Law (Pops) but we will call him eggtimer (ET). We hit Rock Thursday the 7th and Sat the 9th. Thursday was big bait day for us looking for a pig. Used 6-9 inch baits.We fished 10 am t...
By: riprap101
Posted: 4/29/2010
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Just a couple ordinary average anglers on a new body of water can make for an interesting day. Started out trolling on top, deep, and somewhere inbetween. Picked up one 18" rainbow on a muddler minnow...
By: riprap101
Posted: 3/24/2010
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Rock Lake - Hit the water with pops in the AM. Beautiful sunny day with light winds for this lake. Surface temp around 41 degrees with the water slightly stained. I have been anticipating this trip as...
By: riprap101
Posted: 12/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Awake at 0430, and off to Rufus at 0500. A bit slickery out this morning, but we made it to setons grove by 0800 after a short stop at Mcdonalds for a morning gut bomb. Trolled hardbaits and flys for ...
By: riprap101
Posted: 11/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Last day of vacation, and we headed to Fort Spokane. Started pulling River2Sea humbug minnows just above split rock around 9am. I had a fish on before I released 175 feet of line and engaged my reel. ...
By: riprap101
Posted: 11/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Rufus for our 3rd time ever in search of a big triploid. I must say, the third time IS a charm. We arrived today with a game plan, fish on top and COVER water. We launched at Seatons Grove a...
By: riprap101
Posted: 11/12/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing just a bit North of split rock around 9am. Trolled minnows on top and had two limits in an hour and a half. Today my Lucky Craft pointers produced better than the partners Rip N Minnow...
By: riprap101
Posted: 10/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The old man and I made our 3rd trip to Roosevelt in the past 2 weeks. We put in at Porcupine Bay around 7:30am. We pulled everything in our boxes around different sections of the arm for a few hours a...
By: riprap101
Posted: 10/24/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at Hunters around 0830. Trolled the Southeast side just past the netpens for about 3 hours and picked up 6 bows all around 17 inches. All the fish today came on a trolling fly between 15 and 30...
By: riprap101
Posted: 10/16/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at Fort Spokane around 0830. Fished above and below split rock. The usual hardbaits trolled on top were not working, and they have not been producing for us lately - real spotty. We decided we ...
By: riprap101
Posted: 9/10/2009
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at DNR around 10am. Started trolling on top in front of pads when the old man hooks into something big. It ripped 50 feet of line off the reel before he even got to the rod. A few hard head s...
By: riprap101
Posted: 8/12/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Pops called me and said he wanted to fish the pads just past the DNR launch on the right. We need to improve on our top water and weedless presentations as we don't do it often. We got on the water ar...
By: riprap101
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours fishing the rocky shoreline in Tum Tum. The fish wanted nothing to do with fast moving baits (cranks). I caught 2 smallies, one on a jerk bait, and one on a crank. The fish that hit ...
By: riprap101
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Late post, busy weekend. I had the itch Thursday evening, so I headed to Long and fished from the bank for 2 hours. Fished between the Nine Mile Dam and State Park on the park side close to the boat l...
By: riprap101
Posted: 6/25/2009
Species: Pike
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We finally fished this river for the 1st time. No pike, no bass, no nothing except 2 giant squawfish both over 5 pounds. We launched at Panhandle campground around 9am and fished till 2:30pm. We tosse...
By: riprap101
Posted: 6/13/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Long with the old man Friday evening. A bit hesitant about launching the aluminum boat with some signs of lightning in the area. The storm was mild and passed so we hit the water around 1830. W...
By: riprap101
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went camping with the family the last four days, wife, daughter, and wifes folks. We fished between Snag Cove and China Bend for walleye. We all caught fish each day. The girls went out with us for 3 ...
By: riprap101
Posted: 5/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Mike (Pops) and I got on the water around 10am. Ran to the red house and fished the shoreline for a ways. Surface temp was 51 down lake. No takers so we ran up lake a ways just before Tum Tum. Water s...
By: riprap101
Posted: 4/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished about five hours this afternoon. Focused on brush overhangs and docks. Launched on the lower end, ran up to the DNR launch and fished our way back. We caught five bass, three smallies and two l...