Austin's Northwest Adventures - Coast guard certified and with over 20 years experience, we fish the northwest from Lake Roosevelt to Buoy 10. If catching Salmon, walleye, Kokanee, or Sturgeon is your goal, we are a full time guide service for Washington's hottest fisheries. Fish in comfort with top of the line equipment, call us today!
I launched solo at first light and headed upriver to a couple of my favorite spots. It was slow at first with a couple of small eyes, a 4 lb. spawned out female and a 17 inch keeper, all caught on jigs, at my first stop. Next I trolled a couple of down deep Husky Jerks and picked up 3 keeper eyes, a 2 lb. smallie and a 5 lb. rainbow. I let the smallie and the rainbow go. I went back to jigging and ended up catching a 5 lb, two 6 lb, and a 7 lb. spawned out females. All were released. I also tried drop shotting a gulp minnow and caught several small eyes as well as a 14 in. crappie. I haven't seen a crappie in the Arm in several years and this one was a stud. I took a picture and sent it on its way. All told I boated 20-25 eyes, 2 smallies, a crappie and a big rainbow. The weather was gorgeous with little wind and Roosevelt has come up a couple of feet so it is only just mildly scary going up to the buoy 5 area. I did see a couple of people hit their props, never good, but they apparently didn't do a lot of damage. Almost all of the eyes I caught were very skinny after the spawn so I expect they will be putting on the feedbag over the next several weeks as they transition back downriver to the main lake. I kept 9 eaters and took a picture after I had already cleaned a 21 1/2 inch spawned out male.
looking at one of your pix it appears that you are just below the 5 can - where do you think the worst spot is getting there ?? that is one fine crappie - haven't seen one like that since the last time i was in MN. hope to go up river tomorrow for a while and would hate to have to use the kicker to come home with.
The water level has come up 6 feet in just the last couple of days so it isn't quite as bad if you know where the river channel is. The shallowest spot I saw was at the base of the buoy 5 spit right as river veers right towards the big green 5 sign. On Saturday I saw 3.5 ft. and had to tilt my big motor up quite a bit.
Thanks for info - stayed below #3 and trolled the narrows - basically no guts no glory - did get a few and will post a report - thanks again, see you out there one of these days.
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Austin's Northwest Adventures - Coast guard certified and with over 20 years experience, we fish the northwest from Lake Roosevelt to Buoy 10. If catching Salmon, walleye, Kokanee, or Sturgeon is your goal, we are a full time guide service for Washington's hottest fisheries. Fish in comfort with top of the line equipment, call us today!