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By: MGTom
Posted: 7/16/2021
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
We went up to the reservoir for a bit this morning. Shore fishing was tough due to growth. For todays bass week adventure there were nibbles from micro bass but nothing else. One star for fishing, fiv...
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/30/2021
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water with the family. Had to hunt a bit but once we fish were found it would be good for a bit. Yellow plastics were the best until about noon when the top water lure my son was thro...
By: MGTom
Posted: 4/14/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't made a report is some time, been busy fishin'. With big four still closed after the big floods 2 years ago. I've been fly fishing the other lakes. Fishing has been consistent over the last few...
By: MGTom
Posted: 9/13/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I've fished Mill Creek the last few days in the selective rules section. All the restoration work over the last 20 years is paying off and there seems to be a healthy trout population appearing. I rel...
By: MGTom
Posted: 7/28/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a couple days fly fishing the Touchet around the State Park and RV park. Plenty of pretty rainbows. A variety of nymphs and dry flies worked well. The water is getting low and the temperature is...
By: MGTom
Posted: 7/14/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/14/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The wife wanted to go spend some time dunking worms so we so headed out mid-morning and fished a few hours in the middle of the day. It was really nice, a light breezy and about 75 degrees. The waster...
By: MGTom
Posted: 7/2/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Did some fly fishing over on the Tucannon today since they opened part of the road. Really pretty and plenty of fish. Drys and nymphs bith worked.
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/26/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The air temp was 82 degrees and the river 62 so I headed for some cool relief and fished the shady pocket water. With all the brush, hawthorn, salmonberry, willow, alder and devils club the only way t...
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/24/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Been doing some fly fishing in the Touchet around Waitsburg. Haven't found any big fish but there seems to be a good population of 8-12" fish, if you can keep the little ones off your hook.
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/15/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
With the shad counts up we fished out of Umatilla today and caught some shad and a walleye. The fishing wasn't fast but consistent and we kept a few. Dick Nites and Triple Teasers worked today, with a...
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/9/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We did some fly fishing on the Touchet in Columbia County yesterday. Fished hare's ear nymphs and humpy dry flies. The fish are scattered so it takes some searching but they are there. Really a pleasa...
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/5/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The fly fishing from shore is really slowing down, with the folks dunking powerbait still doing well. The fly fish is much better is the middle part of the lake right now. Fished from shore and caught...
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/26/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Word has pretty much gotten around that WDFW planted last week when the lake opened and it got really crowded this afternoon. Nice thing about a fly rod is people give you plenty of room, whether you ...
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/25/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The COE filled Bennington Lake early this month and WDFW put fish in shortly thereafter, but the area was closed and access road blocked until a few days ago. I've been fishing the last two mornings a...
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/21/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2020
Hot Spots: 1
After two days of being couped up inside I couldn't wait to get out, since the postman had been to the house and I had a new Orvis clearwater reel, Bankshot float and sink tip lines, as well as a new ...
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/16/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Got the boat woken up from hibernation and launched out of Charboneau this morning hoping to find some early bass. We found some perch and small bass around the weedlines but couldn't score in deep or...
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/13/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Been following the salmon fly hatch in the Tucannon Lakes this week and have had great dry fly fishing. It's at an end though, no more emergence is going on.
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/10/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We had the grandkids for a sleepover Friday night and Saturday so my wife told me to go fishing this morning so she could sleep in. I ended up at Blue Lake in the middle of the salmon fly hatch and fo...
By: MGTom
Posted: 3/16/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Started the morning fishing at Deer Lake again with no luck, so I headed back down to Blue Lake. Hope you don't mind another report, but the fishing has been so good and consistent I'm having a ball t...
By: MGTom
Posted: 3/13/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Almost unlucky Friday the 13th on my way to Blue Lake. From Dayton I usually go up the Patit and down Harstock, as it saves 20 miles and minutes. There were lots of deer on top this morning and one ra...
By: MGTom
Posted: 3/7/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished at Spring Lake today to get some fish. Started off this morning fly fishing at Deer Lake, the only lake with few people as it's a 1/2 mile walk in, with another gentleman, and neither of us did...
By: MGTom
Posted: 3/5/2020
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/4/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Tucannon around Starbuck for 4 hours today. Didn't see any steelhead yet, even though there are some fish in the river. Flow as about 150 cfs and water was a clear/green. I tried beads, jig...
By: MGTom
Posted: 2/29/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Glad to have an extra fishing day this year. I had a really good morning at Blue lake. Fished from 6:45-8:30 and caught 5 trout for dinner. Nice size range of fish for fish sticks for the grownups and...
By: MGTom
Posted: 2/26/2020
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/26/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first trip to the river since the flooding on the sixth and wow, has the river changed. I fished the Byrnes road stretch today. The whole system, Touchet and Walla Walla are still way to di...
By: MGTom
Posted: 2/22/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/22/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Blue Lake this morning and had great fishing for stocker rainbows. We thought it would be good as we have been catching holdovers this winter and the hatchery truck visited on Wednesday with...