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Tanwax Fishing Reports

By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/2/2018
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I wish this boat launch didn't have the huge rocks around it! Makes launching something that's not on a trailer a bit of a pain. First time on this lake too and it sure looks good! I was surprised ...
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By: MMcKay11
Posted: 6/30/2018
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Tried out Tanwax for the first time and had an awesome day. Caught a half dozen 9-10 inch crappie, quite a few other panfish, a small largemouth and a 20" rainbow.
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Posted: 7/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from about 9:30am-2pm off the dock at the Rainbow RV Resort. Caught a SMALL trout and a good-sized Pumpkinseed that was a keeper. Dock was busy w/people so i think that was part of the probl...
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Posted: 7/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to hit Tanwax to catch some of the 5lb rainbows they planted for the derby two weeks ago. As we trolled away from the dock, within 5 minutes, I had a small 10" rainbow released. We decide...
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By: 502300
Posted: 6/11/2017
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Slow day today. Caught about 8 bluegill and sunfish from the Rainbow RV resort. I didn't want to try for trout. ( that's what everyone else was fishing for) I used trout magnets and worms. Fun day out...
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By: jeflen156
Posted: 4/21/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2017
Hot Spots: 1
First time fishing in 2 years today under beautiful blue skies. Went to Tanwax Lake and fished of the docks at Rainbow Resort. Had my limit about 1 1/2 hours using power eggs. All fish were betwee...
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By: Toni
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/2/2017
Hot Spots: 1
The day wasn’t supposed to have much rain but there was to be some wind. Therefore I chose Tanwax over American. It was to be a shakedown event to see if I can remember what I am supposed to do and ...
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By: Toymkr
Posted: 3/23/2017
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I've been hungry for a mess of perch to eat but no go even on them. Nice day, light breeze but zero fish of any kind. Couldn't even give a worm away and same report from the other 8 people fishing, 7 ...
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Posted: 3/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Let in about 11, boat launch area was pretty full. Water temperature was about 45 degrees, air temp was about 50. We trolled the length of the lake three times. Wife was trolling with a silver tro...
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By: Adamb10
Posted: 2/18/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I started fishing around 10:00 am off of the Rainbow Rv Resort dock. I used different colored power bait eggs. I finally got a few tugs around 1:00 pm with a lemon lime power egg tipped with worm. No ...
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By: Bo
Posted: 2/4/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for 2 hours without a nibble! Then, freezing cold, we found Em! Limited in a half hour. Good times!
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By: Kevin M
Posted: 1/30/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/28/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Noted that tyere was a recent stock of 1000 cutties so went last Saturday morning. Trolled for several hours. Holed five fish and landed three nice ones, trolling a wedding ring with a Gulp worm immi...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 12/6/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went for another drive out to Tanwax to fish off of the Resort dock. Bought another Kastmaster Gold 1/2 oz and tried Gama Big River Siwash hooks this time. Caught two nice fat Bows about 14" that I re...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 12/6/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went for a drive out to Sportsman Warehouse in Southhill since I had never been in one before and brought along my gear to try out Tanwax. After a painful drive up Meridian I found my way to Rainbow R...
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Posted: 11/28/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/27/2016
Hot Spots: 1
My friend and I decided to hit Tanwax to try for the recent plant of trout. We got there a little after 7am and fished off the dock until Rainbow resort opened. After about an hour with power eggs 3...
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By: Jerryj33
Posted: 7/26/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Hit tanwax again this week for some early bass fishing. The day started pretty slow and the sun was blazing by 7:30. I decided to switch from top water to finesse, and tied on a weightless senko, Texa...
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Posted: 7/25/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
fished tanwax this morning trying to troll for rainbows with wedding rings and worms and didn't get any trout but landed 10 perch not what i was going for but better than nothing will be trying a diff...
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By: Jerryj33
Posted: 7/20/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Started a little late at 7am. Planned on fishing structure for bass in the morning and switching to panfishing in the afternoon to fill up the cooler with dinner. Figured I might as well troll a line...
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Posted: 6/20/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This could have been a 5 star day. Rainbow Resort held their annual fishing derby and released 150 3-8lb trout. The lake was packed and within the first 5 minutes my son landed a decent 12" rainbow....
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Posted: 6/9/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2016
Hot Spots: 2
We hiked to Mowich lake on Saturday and of course I packed my pole. The lake was surrounded by snow and the water was crystal clear but no fish in the shallows. The wife went to spend time with her ...
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Posted: 5/16/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Alarm went off at 5am but my son was not up to going out that early so it was a day on the lake by myself. I was on the lake by 6:15 and started trolling a Rebel Crawfish at a slow speed. The water ...
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Posted: 4/25/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2016
Hot Spots: 2
My boy and I hit the lake at 7am and started out by trolling with pop gear and spoons. When we got to the far end of the lake, I landed a small 9" rainbow. I didn't want to go home empty handed so I...
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Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I just got the boat back from having some fuel issues worked out. I only had a couple hours to run boat and fish. It was misting pretty heavily when I stared fishing at 630 or so. Got a 12" on a sen...
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By: the doc
Posted: 7/14/2015
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
thought id try this lake, in search of some keeper size perch. went over to the lilipads, and tryed jigs. nothing. then, switched to good old fashioned worm. i got four perch, each about 4 or 5 " lon...
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By: cjrodarme
Posted: 7/12/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! What a day. I was fishing at the Rainbow RV Resort off their dock, starting early in the afternoon. I had set up for panfish and bass, and fished for about 3 hours, without a single bite. I had u...
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