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Hayden Fishing Reports

Posted: 4/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Day three (sort of) at Hayden. I only slept for two hours before my first real shot at the kokes Friday, as I was busy getting my new rods ready, tying leaders, and getting everything all set Thursda...
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Posted: 4/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had four days off, planned to fish Hayden all four as the kokanee fishing has been well worth while. The lake did not disappoint although the weather was a struggle throughout the weekend. Thursday ...
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By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I think it would be fair to say that "the cat's out of the bag" I've never seen so many boats on Hayden Lake in one area. The majority seemed to favor trolling off of Clark Point, I would assume they...
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By: MINISUPER
Posted: 4/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tried a bit of everything. Trolled for Kobe's marked lot of fish deep. 50-100 ft. Finally ca,me home with 1 Koke on a pink apex tipped with corn . Ended the day wrapping my line around my main pro...
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Posted: 4/14/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Back on Hayden early yesterday. Launched at545 and there was already 4 other trucks in The parking lot. 20seconds after dropping the first line down 25' I had my first koke of the day and was pumped ...
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Posted: 4/13/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Day two of fishing Hayden and what a 180 from the previous day. The fishing was unbelievable and I created a new personal best for kokanee boated in one day. The kokes were on a terror, biting like ...
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Posted: 4/13/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to hit Chelan again and possibly fish the derby but opted for Hayden to try to get into some numbers of good fish. Started the day bright and early and was first at the launch and fishing at 5...
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Posted: 4/10/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Report is for last night and midday today. Launched yesterday around 2 and didn't pick up our first fish until almost 4. Pick it up off the planner board. The fish were picked up at random and only ha...
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By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/26/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tried a little of everything that day, powerbait in honeysuckle, trolled some J-plugs and flies for bows with no luck. Ended up in the Crappie bay but wasn't expecting much although I did manage to ...
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Posted: 3/25/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got out early, fished till 1. Lost 2 landed four to 15.5.... 28-61 feet mid lake happy days at Hayden!
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Posted: 3/23/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After a blown tire on the trip up, making my way though the thin ice field outside Honeysuckle, transducer malfunction (probably due to the ice), downrigger bracket coming loose, and dead battery in m...
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Posted: 3/22/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/22/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Went out for the first kokanee hunt of the year. Opted for a buddies boat since he has a top and heater which was great since there was a cold wind all day. We were the first boat on the water and the...
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By: yjay
Posted: 3/22/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Can anyone identify this trout? It had cuthroat slashes under the chin, but weird spots and the obvious bright orange is something I'm not familiar with. Hybrid?
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Posted: 3/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Afternoon at the boat races. RASTICLE FANTASTCLE 36 degree water, windy as hell. Me alone in my lowly 17' Tracker. Hand crank downrigger. FRIGGIN FIRE DRILL THE WHOLE TIME. Three boats on the whole la...
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By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/14/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee bite was in full swing last weekend and and most of February. The snowy picture was the week before this report with my brothers wife. We did exceptionally well, getting one limit of 15 in ...
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By: SsendaM
Posted: 2/1/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We had an exceptionally warm month of January here in North Idaho and fry could be seen leaping for insects most of the morning. I would normally not be fishing this lake at this time but since the ...
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By: MINISUPER
Posted: 9/5/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Strange day on Hayden. Started out sunny then went to a bit rainy and lightning in the mountains. Marked very few fish where they were a few days ago. Fished for a few hrs with a few changes in tac...
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By: MINISUPER
Posted: 8/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Started Out late in the afternoon. It was raining all day so I was about the only boat on the lake. Started out at the City park and trolled toward Chicken point with a flasher a and a double wammy ...
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Posted: 8/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2013
Hot Spots: 1
A very late report but it helps to validate this lake as a great kokanee lake for quality fish, not the normal 9"-12" fish you find almost everywhere else. Got a day off from work and took a buddy o...
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Posted: 8/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2013
Hot Spots: 1
After failing to get a fishing buddy to hit lake Roosevelt on Saturday, I tried Hayden Sunday morning solo. There was limited parking due to the bass tourney that took place the night before and was ...
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By: linty
Posted: 7/28/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Ran out to Hayden Lake this morning (Sun 7/28 - couldn't get the calendar on the report to work). Water was 73° and the air warmed up quickly, just a bit of a breeze, lots of trailers in the parking l...
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By: linty
Posted: 7/6/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Went to Hayden Lake this morning. I launched from the Sportsman’s Access at the North end and headed out in search of Kokanee. The water was warm, 68° surface temp at 6:00 AM. I started trolling betwe...
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By: SsendaM
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
As I mentioned before the once little Kokanee are growing at an astonishing rate and beginning to resemble their larger cousins. The largest today was 17.5". They are beginning to show signs of what...
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Posted: 5/29/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on Hayden, it was the first time I had ever fished there and luckily I had a friend who has fished there for years! We hit the north arm looking for warmer water and maybe some spawnin...
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By: SsendaM
Posted: 5/14/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Mothers day is always enjoyable when your Mother would like you to take her out fishing so we did just that. The Bass are starting to move in to the shallow and protecting their spawning beds. We us...
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