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17 - Rufus Woods Fishing Reports

17 - Rufus Woods
By: jerome iverson
Posted: 6/16/2011
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
wow tha action is still smoking since they relaesed the fish out of the pens got my 2 in 25 min again there ara alot of people still getting there limits real fast its not almost worth the drive fr...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was crazy! I went down to Rufus with my girl because we were in Leavenworth and I read the other report about he Triploids being released from the pens! No joke! The dam was open and the fish ...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: jerome iverson
Posted: 6/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
wow they just released all the fish from the pens it was amazing fishing 2 cast 2 fish in20 min buddy and me had are limits in about 20 min there were about 30 people fishing and everyone had fish on ...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: aguynamedmike
Posted: 6/9/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Not sure what happened to my other post but here I go again... 2 and a half day trip 2nd time to Rufus from Tacoma and it was great! Motored half way to the pens Saturday and realized I wasnt going ...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: aguynamedmike
Posted: 6/8/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
2nd time to rufus, made the trip from Tacoma. Camped at bridgeport state park and tried motoring up to the pens, the carbs on my 50 horse werent doing too great and only made it up about 12 miles on ...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Unbelievable fishing at the pens....Friday took us less than a 30 minutes to limit with a total of 8 fish...All over 5 lbs topped out at 13 lbs...Saturday arrived a little later then on friday we limi...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: allanwalker
Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Target Species: Walleye and Rainbows Lake or River Fished: Rufus Woods Date(s) Fished: Saturday May 7, 2011 Weather Conditions: all 4 seasons in one day Wind: NW in the morning and SE in the afte...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: tonktracker
Posted: 3/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Rufus for 1st time on Saturday near the pens so I'm told. We fished for 5 hours solid throwing many colors of powerbait and/or marshmallows with only 1 nibble. The boats around us were slow ...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: RC
Posted: 3/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Woods on Saturday and Sunday morning. Got are 8 fish which were in the 5lbs. range. Fished large slip weight with 24" leader to power bait. We bounced the bait off the bottom in 25' of wa...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today was my long awaited trip with my good friend and fishing mentor Bluefin Louie down on Rufus Woods Lake to fish for Triploid trout. After meeting him up at big Walley's on Banks Lake we drove dow...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We left the Army Corp Launch about 7:30 and made the 45 minute run to the lower pens to get some triploids. Things kind of went in fits and starts. We finally bagged it with 9 fish in the boat at ab...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Mcfisherson13
Posted: 11/30/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for a day after Thanksgiving. Air temp. was 24F water temp around 50F weather was snowing for the first half of the day then stopped and we had high clouds and some blue sky off in the distan...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: allanwalker
Posted: 10/24/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Rufus Woods Date(s): Saturday October 23,2010 Weather Conditions: Cloudy and drizzle Wind: none Ambient Temp: Low 50's Water Temp.: 62.1 Water Clarity: clear 15 feet Moon Phase...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: allanwalker
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Rufus Woods Date(s): Saturday October 16,2010 Weather Conditions: clear and sunny Wind: light Ambient Temp: high 60’s Water Temp.: 63.2 Water Clarity: good Moon Phase: 66% waxing...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/13/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After trolling the lower end of Rufus with minimal success Andy moved the gang up near the lower pens to fill out limits. Good old Pautzke eggs did the trick. What a beautiful day to hit Rufus. Doi...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: allanwalker
Posted: 5/3/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all day Sunday with out a bite. drifted at 2.2 mph mid river, 5.6 mph up near the dam. Water was low and fast. Wish I could figure out Rufus Walleye.
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a tougher day but Andy eeked out a few fish for the Bargrover kids. Baited jigs under floats are what finally caught the fish that were willing to bite. Pounded all over the lower half of the...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Just wanted to let everyone know, this was our first time fishing at Rufus Woods. So we were not really sure what to use, how to fish, etc. Before we left we went to the Ace Hardware store in Pateris ...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Palmer crew was nice enough to go to Rufus with us today. Andy skipped the lower end and fought rough water up the lake to the lower net pens. They trolled flies with good success catching and r...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We went up to Rufus to work on some technique. We snicked a fish of the "can line" near the dam on a cone head muddler, but it was slow. We trolled a few other areas near the pump stations as the we...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy went up to Rufus to do some pre-fishing work. The can line was productive with Black Cone head Wooly buggers at 1.8 to 2.1 mph with a small wiggle fin in front. They made the run to the lower p...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Triploids
Posted: 3/21/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Woods on Saturday and my dad, brother and me all got skunked. We saw about 6 triploids caught ranging from 3lb. to 10lb. Saturday was better. Steve got 2 about 7 or 8 lbs. each and I g...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/8/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff Witkowski of Big Dog went to Rufus on Friday with a guy. My report is tardy due to my attendance at the Spokane Sportfishing show. His buddy and he cast black wooly buggers from the shore up ne...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/5/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Pa and I launched from Bridgeport at 9:30 a.m. We took our time getting to the first set of pens and arrived about 11:00 a.m. The outside temperature was about 38 degrees, water temperature unknown. S...
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17 - Rufus Woods
By: Fishrepellent
Posted: 3/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the delay on this report... it's been a busy week. We went back out Sunday morning. There were definitely less trucks parked at Seatons Grove. We motored down to the upper pens and talked to...
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