Northwest Fishing Reports

If the public hearing took place as scheduled, Feb 20th, it was 2 days before being posted here.

I can ID a triploid from a native exclusive of an adipose fin which most all triploids on Roosevelt are missing (notice I said "most"). They have a different "shape" that, once you've caught enough, is easy to see. Folks 'round these parts call them "football shaped". SO, we have MONO-rainbow, DI-ra...

I looked hard at the same Petersburg operation you mention 3yrs ago when we were considering our first trip to SE AK. We decided instead, based on input from several people living in AK, to bypass that option for our first ever AK fishing trip. We had such a great time with the outfitter we chose, w...

Also I need to get a carbon dioxide alarm detection thing, it's the law here. Carbon Di oxide (CO2) won't hurt you like Carbon Mon oxide (CO). If someone needs a referral for an HVAC firm in the greater Seattle/Tacoma area let me know via PM. One of my brothers is an owner/Service Manager and anoth...

On the E-tecs , a pump provides oil directly to multiple points in the engine to keep it lubricated. A little bit of the oil is scavenged during the intake cycle, which also lubricates the cylinder/rings. Similar process used on the Optimax as well. Multi port oil pump lubricates crankcase and cyli...

Everything G-Man says is true and they're also very fuel efficient. Have owned the DI Merc in my signature since new, not one problem, and just routine maintenance. I get 6.1mpg at 30mph turning only 3380rpm - awesome. That said, this technology is outdated (for outboards anyway), and in Merc's case...

Stuck a yardstick in just forward of my footprints - 18" which matched the middle of the sloped snow on my grill table yesterday morning. I'm happy to see it, tired of no snow winters.

There's no "mixing" with modern 2-strokes. Haven't mixed a drop in mine since new and, FWIW, as of last May, there is only one engine manufacturer still making 2-stroke outboard engines and it's not Mercury. Just like18ftTrophy said, no mixing, no smoke, starts within 3secs of turning the key. A 3-s...

The open fisherman is fairly new to the lineup, less than 5yrs IIRC. Several members on the Hewescraft forum with them and they are very pleased. Hewescraft has really stepped up their game after employee theft/fraud all but bankrupted the company in 2011. Cabela's lost their Hewescraft contract bec...

Wow, this topic has been dead for 12yrs and has to be the oldest I've ever seen "brought back" here.

Would you expect anything else from me?

Hewescraft 16' Open Fisherman

Not knowing where you might launch at Roosevelt, here are a couple useful links...

Water level

List of launches and usable water level - https://www.nps.gov/laro/planyourvisit/boating.htm

No online source for ramp icing, keep an eye on reports for hint of any issues.

As of today, no snow at any Roosevelt ramps. Icing will depend on temps and courtesy, or lack thereof, of anglers letting their boat/trailer drain at water's edge before pulling up the ramp.

We troll #7 Flicker Shad all the time. We attach it to a swivel on the the main mono line (no leader) set back about 100' -130' and troll about 2-3 mph. With that set back you should be fishing about 12-15 foot deep. Watch your electronics because Sprague lake is only about 19-20 foot deep in the d...

77.15.253 Unlawful use of prohibited aquatic animal species — Penalty. [2007 c 350 § 5; 2002 c 281 § 4.] Repealed by 2014 c 202 § 310 . RCW 77.15.290 Unlawful transportation of fish or wildlife—Penalty. (1) A person is guilty of unlawful transportation of fish or wildlife in the second degree if th...

From CDA press; Designating pike a prohibited species requires that anglers kill pike as soon as they are caught, and it makes transporting live pike illegal. This is more out and out lies that F&G dish out. Nowhere does it say in the laws that you have to kill pike that are legally caught and rele...

Confirmed as of yesterday morning all ramps still open (except Hawk Creek which is closed for other reasons). No way to predict weather conditions that may cause icing at the launch. If anglers would take a few minutes to stop at water's edge and let boat and trailer drain before driving up it would...

No numbers to call, monitor reservoir level, weather, and NPS website (not being updated during shutdown). The biggest concern will be whether NPS decides to barricade ramps as was done during shutdowns in the past. Since NPS is not updating their website I don't know how you'll know. If I hear the ...

Well I just learned something, there is a lake Erie near Anacortes, first I'd ever heard of it - https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/92/