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Tanwax Fishing Reports

By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/27/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well the perch have slowed down on their biting. The little bass went after Adam's lure and he caught a few in the 2 hours we were out. The great excitement was on the north side of the lake while h...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/27/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Caught these Tanwax crappie on a great day of fishing.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/19/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Had fun at Tanwax again. Adam did better than I. Nothing big but a lot of action. Caught small crappie's on flies. Hoping to do it again.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2005
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Started for the lake at 6pm but had to make a quick U turn because we forgot the oar. I think we were in the water close to 6:30pm. Got bites from first cast, and almost every cast. We do have a small...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/8/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Great day at Tanwax.Caught a dozen small Largies.All under 12''. But a great time anyway. Used 5/16 oz blue,silver and white spinner. Dropped it in the holes in the weed beds. And the bass just killed...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/6/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy caught a 20" bass on his first cast and I caught a nice 2lb spotted bass a few minutes later, the bass fishin was great!
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/23/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I trolled from 6:00 AM to Noon and caught 3 small perch and a nice 16" Rainbow on a double hook red weddding band. Also caught 2 small bass on top-water plugs. Tanwax lake is a really nice and clean...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first visit to Lake Tanwax or Tanwax Lake...I went to the RV/Resort - paid $3 to fish on the VERY NICE DOCK and had a nice time. I got out there at 4 and didn't catch my one and only rain...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tanwax on 6/04/05. A good day on Tanwax with 3 nice trout to the boat. Caught 2 on flies, 1 on powerbait. Biggest was 18". All were kept for the smoker. Wake boarders hit the lake around noon...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I started out around 6am , hoping to catch a break in the weather. Started off the south end with a dodger and a green spinner I had made specially for the lake. Tipped it with a piece of n...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Ahh, First day out. May1,2005. Hit Tanwax about 1p.m. A little later than normal.The wife and I spent a few hours of quality time together.Still surprising to me how many vehicles in the parking lot...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Friday night until dark and caught a handful of small bluegills and perch. The jet skis were almost insufferable. I finally ended up going all the way down to the other end of the lake to ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/17/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/17/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake 10 am and rented a boat with a motor for $25. for 4 hours. Fished as much as we could while holding onto the boat while as a Ski boat Roared by towing a few kids. Just 2 Ski boats ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/20/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at Tanwax lake around 06:45 am, not as early as I wanted. Dock fishing is all I did for the next 4.5 hours. I tried using power bait with salmon eggs (red), live night crawlers with power ba...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tanwax at about 4:30 pm in the afternoon and rented a boat at the Rainbow RV Resort. I worked up and down the west shoreline until about 9:00 pm and landed 3 rainbow and missed on a coup...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing during the evening hours near the boat launch area. My dad landed a 15" trout and my neighbor landed a 17" trout. I also had a big fish on but lost it. Fishing was slow, but when we did g...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/13/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/13/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for bass. Used crankbaits and rattletraps. No hits with the deep diving crankbaits. Fished the east side with rattletraps and caught one four pound bass. Had pictures taken, then released it. ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/30/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Trout are hitting my micro jigs (1/80-100). All have been in the 18 inch range. Had pictures taken at Chuck & Dianne's resort. Caught around 30 Crappies with the biggest one 11 inches long. Great fis...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/29/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/29/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Launched about 5:30am heading along the shoreline past the resorts getting all kinds of bumps off crankbaits, my buddy was getting all kinds of bites trolling with a wedding ring, with worm trailer. ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I went camping this week and caught perch, bluegill, and Largemouth bass. All of them keeper size. The best bait is about a quarter of a nightcrawler, a whole one if going for bass, and put on the bot...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/4/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I went out about 1:30 in the afternoon. Pulled in around some down timber and fished for crappie. Used chartreuse or yellow/white crappie jigs. Crappies hiding under lily pads. Need to use a long crap...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Headed for lake tanwax about 8 this morning with Pal Jurgen. Kinda cool and windy when we arrived at the Lake, Didn't have much action had one strike from a nice largemouth but lost him, Jurgen had...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 7:30. Fished on SW side of lake. Used plastic worms and hit a largemouth bass. Went to Rainbow Resort to have picture taken then released fish. I went back out and fished by the pub...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The weatherman once again totally botched the forecast. But, this time in our favor. A friend and I decided to avoid the mob at Mineral and instead took the kids to enjoy a late afternoon trip to Tanw...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing at Tanwax is HOT. Me and the kids caught another 12 nice trout in less than 2 hours. Slow trolling wedding rings with rainbow powerbait at the Benbow (north) end, and you can't keep em off...
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