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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence Fishing Reports

By: Conradlam
Posted: 7/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We launched from Keller at 7am and headed upriver in search of those silver Monstas. We motored up almost to White Rock and fished our way south. Jones Bay offered no bites. Continuing downriver, we h...
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By: clawman
Posted: 7/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Reality check! After two trips, in which it did not seem difficult to get two Kokanees, I fished hard for them in the morning and not a bite. Did not see a net in use by any other boats either. Ran u...
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Posted: 7/14/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
No hits, no runs, no errors, well, maybe a few - felt a bit like the Mariners these past few years. There were about 20 +/- boats fishing in and near the San Poil mouth - we all had about the same s...
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By: stryker17
Posted: 7/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at the dam at 7; 00 am, ran up to the basin first fish in the boat at 7;45, on and off the rest of the day. we ended up with 4 nice fish in the box, and turned 2 loose that had fins. This w...
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By: Tonto
Posted: 7/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son and girlfriends dad out to try for some kokes. He had never fished Roosevelt for Kokanee. Went up river from Keller ferry and was fishing by 8 am. Didn't take long and we had 5 nice kokes ...
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By: clawman
Posted: 7/7/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took a while to catch these two females but they are nice. Both are over 21" and weighted just under 5lbs. Man these fish really pull! First fish came at 69' using a red fish flash and pink fly. The ...
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Posted: 7/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I just couldn't stay away. For some reason I hit the lake at 5am. For some reason the fish didn't really wake up till around 7 am. There were four of us this morn looking for more trophy koke...
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By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My day began at 0115 with the foggy cobwebs of a short sleep giving way to the soft tones of the alarm. The day included more than 8 hours and 500 miles of driving for just 4.5 hours spent fishing. It...
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By: surfj9009
Posted: 7/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well, me and the wifey made our second trip to Roosevelt last weekend and I guess I should post a report. The first day was slow, landed one in the afternoon. Lost a big one right at the boat. Second ...
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By: widebear
Posted: 7/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took 6 year old out for his first fishing adventure. Mouth of San Poil for the evening bite. 20' kok took the pink hootchie down at 50' Then 30 minutes later the bigger one smacks the Apex at 60'. Go...
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By: jd39
Posted: 7/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Big thanks to Captain Dave, rseas and all the other members that posted about these beautiful kokanee! I couldn't take it anymore. Drove out last Friday night and camped at Spring Canyon. Got a lit...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 6/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Going to keep this report short or it will just turn into whining and sniveling. The wife went with me down to Keller and I was really hoping to have her land a couple of nice Kokanee but I just seeme...
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Posted: 6/27/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Before I tell you about the incredible day my crew and I had on Sunday, let me tell you about the tough day I had on the previous day. I would also like to mention that a few of my future (Columbia Ri...
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By: manukabay
Posted: 6/24/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first visit to Roosevelt, seeking some of these monster Kokes I keep reading about. I fish Kokanee in Pend Orielle and Hayden regularly and the thought of catching a 20+ inch 4+lb blueback...
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By: Conradlam
Posted: 6/24/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We (3) left the Keller launch about 7:30am to search out those elusive Kokanee. We started along the sand banks close to the cliffs, spending an hour trolling without marking a fish. We pulled up our ...
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By: rseas
Posted: 6/21/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It was really difficult to figure out how to rate this trip, in the end I think that it was a 10 but the system pegs out at 5. Regarding the fishing, if we were fishing a Westside lake it would have b...
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Posted: 6/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wet would be the best word to describe fishing yesterday, but not even the threat of constant rain could dampen my guests enthusiasm in the search of trophy kokanee. Shortly after we got set up we wer...
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Posted: 6/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Left for another couple of days kokanee fishing - traveled up on Sunday - fished Monday just south of Keller's Ferry - the bite was pretty good picked up our 4 fish limit by 10:30am, even had a double...
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Posted: 6/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
There was a discussion about kokanee fishing that went like this " Hey brother in law; heard the kokes are biting at Loon. Wanna go night fishing? Brother in law; wanna freeze to death....it's been ...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 6/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I guess it was just meant to be one of those "Any day fishing is better than a day at work" sort of a days. Had a beautiful drive from the Spokane Valley down to Spring Canyon, the rising sun on the f...
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Posted: 6/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After a couple weeks fishing every day to dial in the technique to find, hook and keep some awesome Roosevelt Kokanee, I think the run has ended due to getting skunked the last two times out. It was ...
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Posted: 6/13/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The time has finally come to retire most of my lead core rods for the season. I have greatly enjoyed using several "lead" rods in conjunction with dual planer boards for all of the season up until a ...
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By: Tonto
Posted: 6/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Keller with Narrow Bear at 645 and headed up river. Tough day fighting the wind and rain. Boated 4 kokes and 6 keeper bows. Let go several small rainbow. We missed several bites and l...
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By: zaskar
Posted: 6/11/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son to Roosevelt to find some eyes. His first fish was the big one. Caught on a crank bait in the shallows. Most of the rest were caught bottom bouncing with worm harness rig. Fish were cau...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 6/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out early with Al and CF to Spring Canyon. While getting the boat ready to launch I realized I left my downriggers in my garage. We all wondered if this was an omen of things to come. I wasn...
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