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West Medical Fishing Reports

By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Arived at the lake at about 5:30 am. Fished power bait about 2 foot off the bottom. Laded the first fish before 6. Caught my limit by about 8 am. Was a nice morning, although a little on the cold side...
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By: T-Bone
Posted: 5/11/2009
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I took my over worked wife on a fishing trip to West Medical on Sunday and we both had a great time. The weather was wonderful and the fish fought HARD. My biggest was a 4 1/2lb., 24 1/2" brooder rain...
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Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
As with yesterday, black #12 Ice Cream Cones under an indicator did the trick. Caught and released twelve fish -- most of them around the 5:00 hour -- by varying my hand retrieve, sometimes in quick ...
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By: rusty
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to west medical lake for a saturday night of fun with my father in law and youngest daughter. Fished from about 5:45pm to 8:15pm. Had lots of strikes but only boated 6 fish. Trolled hot shots...
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Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Used a black #12 Ice Cream Cone under a #12 Blood Worm for a decent afternoon of fishing. Decent sized rainbows took both of them, but they significantly keyed-in on the ICC. The ICC was down eight ...
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Posted: 5/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the west side of West Medical with chironomid patterns from 9:45 until 2:45. Low 50s and SW winds at 12-15 MPH. Only 10-12 subtle takes until 11:15, with just 1 trout to net. From 11:15 to...
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Posted: 5/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished W. Medical from 10:00 to 2:00. Water temp 53, winds SW at about 10-12. Arrived to find and incredible chironomid hatch ongoing and the swallows buzzing the water, scooping them up. The fish,...
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Posted: 5/1/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got there at 7:30, fishing until 9. Caught 5 trout, one 18 incher and alot of ten inch stockers. Threw a medium sized spinner and my brothers used worms. I did better on the spinner. I had a hard tim...
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Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 9:30. Set up worm and mellow off the bottom 14 inches. Got bit in about 5 miuntues. The 11:30 bite hit, we picked up 8 then between the four of us. All stockers about 12-15 inches. Good fig...
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By: T-Bone
Posted: 10/1/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
A rather SLOW last couple of days of the season; only two (kept) on 9/29 and five small ones (released) on 9/30. Most bank anglers seemed to be doing about the same. On both days, I did my normal and ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/14/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We went fishing at West Medical Lake today. My 6 year old daughter who hardly ever catches anything because she gets bored easily, had cast her pole into the water without thinking anything of it. Her...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Started out around 11am got a bite right from the start and pulled in a 11 inch rainbow that i would've thrown back but he swallowed my whole wedding ring and when i got the hook out some organs came ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 7:30 AM. Considering this is August 3rd I was surprised by the number of people on the water. This is still a busy place. I was fishing Power Bait just off the bottom. I st...
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By: DannyHoey
Posted: 8/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Launched after work around 4:30, just after a little rain squall. Trolling a wedding ring didn't produce even a bite. I switched to fishing off the bottom with worms and got a little action. I then...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Went out at 0830, lake was calm fishing was slow. Averaged a fish every 1/2 an hour. I troll about 3/4 of the lake from the boat launch. If you see the cows on one side and the tree's and rocks on ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/20/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at the public boat launch. I paddled around in my float tube while my daughter cruised around in a kayak. She does not fish so she was just along to play in the sun and keep Dad company. The ...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 7/18/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water about 7am with both of my sons. We were into the fish by 7:30 and caught 11-13" trout regularly for the next 5 hours. Logan just had the luck today. We kept making him switch poles, t...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 6:30, trolled a red wedding ring with a worm behind a medium sized flasher and got one fish around 8:00 am, primarily 10 to 30 ft from the West shoreline. Lost 4 in a row. Change...
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By: evgeniy
Posted: 7/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
big nice trout .fun fighters
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By: papamike
Posted: 6/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had too many kids to take the boat. we went to west medical in the morning. fished off shore. The weeds are still thick and the wind was blowing a little so the bobber wasn't working. had two rigs...
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By: ruthven78
Posted: 5/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son to West Medical. First tried from shore at the public launch but not even the blue gill would bite. So I spent the $4.00 and took him over to the dock. There was a guy with this grandau...
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Posted: 5/28/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Got out around 8am and headed to the Pump House end, our usual spot. Wife cought First, then I caught what I thought would be the biggest - that lasted for about 10 whole minutes - she hauled up this...
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Posted: 5/27/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went, I believe to the South end near the pump house .The fish were veteran bait stealers lol.If you want the kids to have fun this lake at this time may not be the best but I was able to limit both ...
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Posted: 5/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on West Medial about 8AM with my kid from the public launch area. Rented a row boat and brought my own electric motor. Staff at the launch was GREAT helping me load my boat with those heav...
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Posted: 5/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my pontoon at 8:00 in the morning. Water temp 64. Move to and anchored off the drop-off that joins the west side shallows to the deep water. No visible hatch to speak of. Suspended an oli...
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