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Decided to bring in the New Year right and take a trip to Rufus Woods for some winter triploid action. Day one was a total bust. 3 hours and not a single bite. Talked to several other fishers and there did not seem to be many fish caught. Consensus was very slow fishing.

Day two was a different story. My experience with this lake is that is can be stone cold one day and hot the next. 3 hours of fishing, 4 nice triploids, 4.5, 5, 5.5 and 6.5 lbs (plus two smaller fished that were released to grow up). We fished both days on the Okanagan side of the lake from the state park to just past pump station #1. On day one we used our usual wedding rings and hoochies to no avail. On day two we switched to copper/orange needlefish. All fishing was done off downriggers and all fish were caught at about 15 feet with the flasher and lure 165 feet back. The lake was dead calm both days with fog in the morning. Water temp was 41 degrees and outside temp was 27 to 34 degrees. I rated this a 4 due to the day one skunking.

salmonbarry

1/2/2014 8:33:00 PM

nice fatties! Way to stick to it! Thanks for the report!

Rippasher06

1/3/2014 10:13:00 AM

Has anyone ever hooked a Steelhead in that reservoir?

gramps53

1/4/2014 8:55:00 AM

To the best of my knowledge no. Not sure how they would get past Chief Joseph dam. One of the fish caught looked a lot like a steelhead buck.This particular fish had sperm sacks when cleaned. I suspect that is was either a large native or possibly a Lake Roosevelt fish that got into the lake via entrainment. I have heard that occaisionally a triploid will actually become either a buck or a hen and will spawn so it could have been that as well.

afk

1/4/2014 9:24:00 AM

Nice bunch of piggies! I've got a report in the makings from Jan. 1 but have had the FLU & not too motivated. Well done. Thanks for the report and pics.

afk

1/5/2014 6:35:00 PM

I'm thinking we must have passed you on the water. There were not that many of us out there on the 1ST. And or couldn't have missed you by much at the launch on take out.

Steelhead6438

1/16/2014 8:31:00 PM

I find it sad that every large fish caught must be bonked. Wouldn't it be cool to catch an 8 lb trout and let it live? What an idea. That's some nice fish you caught and a nice report. Thanks!

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