Lake Roosevelt Charters - Lake Roosevelt and Banks lake guided fishing for kokanee, trout, walleye, and sturgeon. We also provide Curlew lake Ice fishing depending on ice conditions. Lake Roosevelt Charters also provides scenic tours covering all of lake Roosevelt year round! Customize your scenic tour to your groups or family's preference.
I finally waited long enough to go fishing for a burbot (age 76), so loaded up and headed for Porcupine Bay and the #5 can - started early enough to have a long day fishing, but not so old faithful (2003 Yamaha 75) first froze up and wouldn't pee and when it finally did was only hitting on 2 cyl - started to load it back on the trailer when it finally burned up whatever was stopping the plugs from working, so backed off the trailer and put the P/U away again. Conclusion to this problem: chinese new year is monkey, scotch/irish new year is spark prugs.
Started working 34-40' water (clarity about 3-4' and temp 38.7) - first one set the hook himself with the pole in the holder and me chewing on a bologna sammie. Next one a couple of hours later and now it's 1:00PM - time to clean and go home.
All hits on a Yamamoto chartruese/glitter 4" grub on a 1/2oz lead head, tipped with 1/2 a juicy crawler.
This wasn't on my bucket list, but enjoyed anyway.
Sounds like a great time after your motor coughed a few times. I had the same issue with my 9.9 not peeing, shoved a wire up the hole and she starting flowing!! I hope one day soon to make the trip over and give this lake a try for burbut and kokanee.
Hunter, don't know where you are coming from, but the word on the street here is burbot seems to be slowing down and heading off to pursue more amorous activities. There was only one other boat burbot fishing and they left to go chase walleye at about 11:00AM, having only picked up one fish. The bulk of the boats, 16 out of 19 that launched at Porcupine Bay, were fishing for walleye right in the bay in 20-55 FOW - they were also picking up a few 'Bows along the way. Good luck wherever and whenever you can get out there.
I am heading over in late March, sounds like the burbot will be gone doing something else.....Thanks for the heads up might have to leave my boat home not sure. I am on the west side in Puyallup, WA
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Lake Roosevelt Charters - Lake Roosevelt and Banks lake guided fishing for kokanee, trout, walleye, and sturgeon. We also provide Curlew lake Ice fishing depending on ice conditions. Lake Roosevelt Charters also provides scenic tours covering all of lake Roosevelt year round! Customize your scenic tour to your groups or family's preference.