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Tanwax Fishing Reports

Posted: 7/6/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So the wife and I took a short close in camping trip to Lakeside campground on the east side of Lake... nice and quiet for the most part, great boat launch and dock space... So the wife and I went out...
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Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Hit Tanwax Saturday, arrived at launch at 4:45 I was first at launch, I usually hang around the boat launch fishing until people start rolling in just to keep an eye on my truck. I wanted to catc...
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Posted: 6/14/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had a great day on the lake(caught trout and perch) but after loading boat and starting to leave my low gas reminder went off on my 2002 trailblazer. I left home 15 miles away wi...
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By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/19/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Drove south before o'dark thirty to meet my youngest son, Wesly, for a fishing trip to Tanwax Lake on his birthday. Used to live near the lake and loved fishing it... been at least 10 years since the ...
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Posted: 5/10/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water about 7AM for my first trip of the year. Weather was overcast and water was dead calm most of the day. Nothing til 10:45 when I put a beautiful 3 1/2 lb in the boat. Fifteen minute...
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By: markwayne
Posted: 5/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Spent opening weekend on Tanwax, Fished from the boat around Rainbow RV resort. Had a fairly good trip limited every day no problem. Trolling a red wedding ring tipped with worm. The rain sucked but t...
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Posted: 9/25/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
sunday me and the wifey. Monday me and my little boy..lol. Again Tanwax. My son actually wanted some fish to eat so we went for some panfish. Started out with a nice little 1lb or so bass. Then search...
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Posted: 9/23/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished ol' Tanwax today with my wife. Looking for some panfish for dinner and found a bunch crappies, perch, blugills and perch.Only kep a half dozen perch. Found the fish in water depths of 10-16 fee...
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Posted: 8/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/14/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I went out around 6 pm and spent a few hours. No action at all! :(
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By: Slacktime
Posted: 7/25/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tanwax to relieve some stress, a friend told me there was good perch fishing there. He was correct !!! The perch were biting all morning I got about 30 and released quite a few. I'll bet there...
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Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Main camping plans fell through so the girlfriend and I decided to check out Rainbow RV Resort on Tanwax. We got a tent site and rented a boat for about $30 total, fair deal. As it turns out, they hav...
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By: hogstwo1
Posted: 6/18/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Brother and i took a weekend off from riffe, not my best choice . i would rather fish riffe then any other. any who i watched while brother ed fished. His luck was bad he caught a couple dinks and los...
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By: init2live
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the wife and my 2 boys out to catch some dinner. Bites were constant, kept only as many as we wanted for dinner and were off the water in a couple hours. My oldest son had a great time and caug...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to The lake around 630 am. I was trolling with a dick nite watermelon dodger and a pink squid had 4 fish in the first hour one got off at the side of the boat. Trolled for another hour and half w...
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By: init2live
Posted: 5/19/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got out early and set some powerbait on the bottom, started slow but picked up after a little bit. Watched a guy 50ft from me with his two daughters limit out in about an hour (he hooked me up with a...
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By: jeflen156
Posted: 5/11/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished at Rainbow Resort @ Tanwax lake this morning and limited out in about 3 1/2 hours with 5 trout, all about 12-13" long. Saw a couple of nice 16-18" caught by a couple of fellow dock fishermen. ...
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By: procaster
Posted: 8/14/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I got a new reel (spinning) so I had to test it out. Reel is nice but the fish weren't biting. Threw all the usual stuff. Talked to a couple guys who caught some small lmb but no crappie. I'll have...
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Posted: 8/2/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day with my son and 2 of his buddies looking for some fish to catch and eat. So Tanwax came to mind. We caught approximatley 75-80 perch. Ended up keeping only about 20 total. Plus a couple ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Don't waste your time second time this season and nada...
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By: ngyroseta
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started out around 1pm and ended around 3pm with no such luck. Weather was great though...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 6/5/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took the family out on the boat for some perch. We pretty much fished the entire east end of the lake. Caught loads of perch on a mix of small jigs,color didn't seem to be a major factor,also used the...
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By: HotRod7
Posted: 5/31/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So basically I tried my luck here again to make sure it wasn't a fluke. I trolled early in the morning with nothing but a small weight and a worm. Was smashing the fish with this, hand sized crappie...
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By: HotRod7
Posted: 5/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Used a slip bobber and dropped it about a foot from the bottom with a size 4 hook threading half a worm to the line with a quarter of the hook showing. I was nailing a mess load of hold-overs and sma...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We got out to Tanwax yesterday it was about 11am. We started trolling with a flat fish pink and orange and a chrome spinner. Got some bites on the flat fish. Just perch about 7in or so thw weather a ...
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By: hogstwo1
Posted: 5/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My brother & myself went to tanwax lake. Started out about 3:00 pm monday the 16th.A little windy made good bounce for the bobber. I caught my limit within an hour.My brother Ed caugh...
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