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By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 10/28/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Rock Lake yesterday. Initially headed to the north end; but, as was reported earlier this week, that area is full of small planted 'bows. So, we decided to work the eastern shoreline about a...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 9/15/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
One of our customers, Dana Cowell, just emailed the following report for his outing on Shilshole Bay:
"I heard the fishing was good out of Shilshole Bay/MA 10 for coho, so I made a trip there by bo...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 8/30/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I received the below report from Dana Cowell who was fishing off of Pt. Robinson with a blue/black-scale OG2 in the 2.8" size:
"Here is my fishing report to share for 8-26-2017:
The Old Goat OG2...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 8/28/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Pulled the boat over to Mason's Resort at Sekiu on Wednesday. Put the boat in the water and prepped our gear. We were on the water around 6am on Thursday--pulling a 2.8" OG2 on one downrigger and a 3....
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Potholes Reservoir this past Saturday with the OG1s. We started off of Medicare Beach--fishing one OG1 on the downrigger and another on a 1-ounce trolling weight. Trolling speed was right aroun...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 6/5/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Ran a lure test for the OG1 in 1.8" and 2.8" for the rainbows in the Potholes. Primarily fished the eastern shoreline.
We ran two rods closer to the surface: 1.5 ounces of trolling weight on one an...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 5/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Rock Lake last Friday morning. It wasn't lights-out fishing; but, we did ok. Nice 17" steelhead, a 16" bow, and then four rainbows in the 12-13" range. We returned a couple of smaller bows and ...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 4/20/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rock Lake for several hours yesterday. The silt content in the water is still higher than I can recall seeing in years past during the month of April. But, that said, fish are being caught. Man...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 2/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Enjoyed my first outing on Lake Roosevelt yesterday courtesy of Captain Dave Grove. The goal of the day was to test a variety of OG1 lures for the rainbow and kokanee. We launched out of the Keller Fe...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 2/15/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Rock Lake yesterday a little after 9am. The water is higher than I can remember seeing it for some time (which makes it easier to launch your boat). However, the downside is that there's qu...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 1/24/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Guide Dave Grove, who focuses on Lake Roosevelt, had requested an OG1 lure in a perch color. I'd made a couple for him and continued to refine the pattern. Yesterday, good friend Stan Miller and I put...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 12/21/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rock Lake from apx. 1:45pm until 4pm. Testing a new perch-colored OG1 and pitting it against the tried-and-true colors that have been effective on Rock (fluorescent orange and fluorescent pink)...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 11/12/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The steelhead, that Washington Fish and Game planted in Rock Lake, are starting to put on some mass! We hit the lake yesterday to test a new color pattern (fluor. pink stripe with translucent body and...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 11/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ran up to Sprague Lake yesterday to test a new color-scheme for the 2.8" and 3.9" OG1 lure. (These lures have a narrow strip of fluorescent pink or fluorescent orange running the length of the exterio...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 10/26/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/25/2016
Hot Spots: 1
We launched the drift boat around 10am yesterday on Rock. Beautiful fall day!
By the end of the day, we had two limits (5 apiece). Of these 10 fish, 9 were steelhead plants. The other was a rainbow...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 10/20/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/19/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I hit Potholes Reservoir yesterday to test several lures. The fishing was slow; only one rainbow to the net. (Had another one throw the hooks behind the boat.)
In spite of only netting one fish, a...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 10/7/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Ran a quick test of the three new freshwater colors that are featured on our Old Goat Lures blog . Since I'm fishing out of a drift-boat, with a small electric trolling motor, I limited my tests to th...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 9/26/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had a decent morning testing the OG1 lure on Rock Lake (south of Cheney, Washington).
We trolled several colors and sizes. The most consistent producers turned out to be the 2.8" and 3.9" with red...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 9/26/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I received the below report from Dana Cowell, on 9/22, after he tested the Old Goat Lures OG1 in Canadian waters north of Sekiu for the coho:
"OG1 got the fish in the box! Fishing two poles allowe...