Northwest Fishing Reports

Smalma: I tire of people who form their opinions of others with little or no facts. I read the WDFW fact sheet on Sprague several weeks ago and am well aware of the restocking plans. I am very glad it will contain that much diversity! And by no means do I feel every lake should have my favorite fish...

The mighty nightcrawler. On a drop shot or under a bobber

"The explanation is true, but it only works when the mouth is closed. (LOL) It is a Large Mouth Bass, probably this years fry" Mouth closed...lol ok that makes sense. doh' "I just go by the color. There is a reason for the different colors as well. Large mouth are green and most likely take cover in...

Ok, it looked like a largemouth bass to me too but the corner of the mouth doesn't appear to go past the eye, so i said its a smallmouth. I was once told the easiest way to tell a smallmouth from a largemouth bass is that the mouth extends beyond the eye on a largemouth but stops in front of the eye...

it's a bunch of crap....my .02 cents Sure is. F&W thinks every lake should be a trout lake. Thats what its really about. Sprague is the only lake in under a 2 hour drive from Spokane with walleye or channel cats that i know of. Next nearest place is Potholes or Banks unless you drive an hour and a ...

Looks like a small mouth bass. Your hook isn't to small. They just think they are big fish. lol Bass are vicious little predators who will try to eat just about anything they can catch. If there are small ones around, there must be bigger ones too. Try fishing a little deeper water or edges of drop ...

Ahhhh... Rock Lake. I have spent a few hundred hours there myself over the years. It has some VERY nice browns in it, among other things. I would try a drop shot set up with 2 hooks. One set about 18 inches off the bottom and another at 4-5 feet with a 1/4 oz sinker. I like to use a neutral or float...

My wife Sammi, is from England and caught her first fish ever on June 9th this year during free fishing weekend. She got hooked worse than the fish did. We have been out 28 times since. lol

We bought a Minkota 30# this spring to replace my 20+ year old 24#. We use it on a 12' boat and the difference is amazing. It pushes the boat 50% faster than the old one did. Lots quieter too. It's powered by a good quality Napa deep cycle battery that is now 3 years old, and we have never run out o...

There are channel catfish in Liberty Lake? Are you sure? I've never heard of them in any lake near Spokane except Sprague. And the fish and wildlife people are sadly planning to kill this lake off in October. I will go fish Liberty a time or two if they are really in there. There are bullheads in ev...

My secret recipe: Krusteaz Buttermilk Pancake mix. Mix with water to the same thickness as you would for pancakes. Be sure to shake all the water off the fillets, or pat them dry. (the secret to making any coating stick) Dip fillets in batter, shake off the excess and into the hot oil they go. It ma...

I've fished a few lakes in winter in the Spokane and Colville areas. The ice on the lakes west of Spokane can be very iffy. Hog Canyon and 4 of July freeze most years but it takes a good long cold spell to make for safe ice. Newman Lake will have thicker ice but use caution. It needs a good long col...

crappie and perch -60%

trout -15%

bass -15%

all other fish -10%

hmmm... maybe i should put walleye in there somewhere but they are just big perch, right?

We ate a couple Tench recently. The meat was a light pinkish-orange color that reminded me of shrimp. It had a light delicate flavor and was actually quite good. We had never even seen a Tench before this summer so we had no idea how to clean or cook it, so we filleted and deep fried it. We didn't k...

I visited Glacier Park 3 years ago and found out that the park entrance fee includes fishing inside the park boundaries. No additional Montana license is needed. Unfortunately, I had no gear with me at all. I am planning to go back and I was wondering if anyone has ever fished in Glacier, and in Lak...

raffensg64 has it exactly right. Bluegills and Pumpkin Seeds are really pretty fish but I kind of hate them because they do nothing but steal my hard dug bait. I don't think I have ever caught one of either over 4 inches in lakes here. Bluegills do have a little bit bigger mouth than pumpkin seeds. ...

aquaholic wrote:Whats topomap??

Topographic lake maps. Click on the features tab at the top of the page. They have them for most lakes. They come in very handy.

Great Idea! I wish we could come but its too many miles of road for us to look at. Maybe next year.

Bonds 1, Roids 1. By the way fishinislife, Bonds did take steroids, thats hard proof. He's saying he did not take them knowingly. His "record" means 0 to me. He cheats. Period. If I found out someone had been drugging me "unknowingly" and jeopardized my health, my career, my reputation, etc... I wo...

We have been catching lots of them in Eloika since the first of July. Average fish is around 10 inches. The last hour before dark has been best lately. Never once caught one at night myself. We use 1/32 oz mini jigs 3-4 feet below a pencil bobber and fish just above the lower level weeds. Dark orang...