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I-82 Ponds Fishing Reports

Posted: 8/24/2011
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2011
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Frustrated at little success at Soda on crappie (they were the target, after all), I went to a couple of local ponds. 14 crappie and a bunch of other sunfish. 8-10" on the crappie.
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Posted: 7/5/2011
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2011
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Took my 13 yr old grandson with the pontoons to Rotary, pond 1, pond 4 and Myron, mostly to avoid crowds. Pond 4 was a bit crowded, but the rest were okay. Had a mini tournament with the final numbe...
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Posted: 6/1/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2011
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This is a resubmit of my previous report which I hit the wrong lake for on the selection list. That lake is trout only. Technically, it was a backwater of the Yakima river, but closest selection w...
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Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
More of the same. Hope I'm not boring people, but this is local fun! About 90 or so today. Kept a few. Same as previous posts, basically.
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Posted: 5/6/2011
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
3 lakes, 2 hrs fishing, about 120 casts and 118 fish. Get the kids/grandkids cuz it's panfish time. Seriously, only came in twice with no fish, and the dozen I kept were all 9-12 inches, mostly blue...
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Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2011
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Well, I finally got a chance to head out and fish with my long lost friend Roger a.k.a (pacbassman) from Yakima. We had to cancel our trip last week to Red Rock Lake in Grant county, but we made up fo...
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By: pschenck
Posted: 4/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Tried powerbait got a few nibbles, half night crawlers got a few nibbles. Noticed the fish were top feeding on honey bees. Switched to a small yellow panther martin spinner. Hooked some nice plante...
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Posted: 3/30/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Ponds 1, 2, and 4, with a brief hop to 5. Pond 1: many small perch, several annoying planter trout, which even hit plastic worms (6"), but really loved small jigs with red and white mini tub...
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Posted: 3/28/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This spring has shaped up as one the best panfish fishing trips in my recent memory. The only downer has been the trash people leave behind. Some folks haven't done as well as others, but I have found...
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Posted: 3/28/2011
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This spring has shaped up to be some of the best panfish fishing forays I have yet to experience. The only downer is the amount of trash people are leaving behind. With the great weather , I expect th...
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Posted: 3/14/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/13/2011
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Went out at about 9am, tried rooster tails for 45 minutes or so, with not so much as a strike. Moved to floating powerbait on bottom rigs, had a few hits, landed a 12" and 10" rainbow. that was all ...
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By: Yakivegas
Posted: 3/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Gary and I long lined Diawa SC. Shiner jerkbaits in rainbow trout,and prism shad patterns that I picked up from Hammers Outdoor World in Union Gap.Man do these thing catch fish.We caught and ...
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Posted: 7/15/2009
Species: Catfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fish ponds 4, 5, and 6 almost every weekend for catfish. So far I have not tried too hard on 5 but 4 and 6 have lots of small cats. Pulled a nice 8 pounder out of 4 in the begining of June. Only bai...
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Posted: 7/7/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2009
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On a hunch, I invited my good friend Dan Hiatt to take along to go do some early summer crappie fishing on the I-82 ponds south of Yakima. We hit pond # 5 after portaging my jon boat in pond # 4 and p...
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Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my fiancee Pamela out for an evening of trolling on I-82 pond # 2. The weather has been beautiful and cooler, so It was a perfect evening and conditions to get my girl into some fish. I had pre-t...
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Posted: 5/16/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out about an hour-hour and a half later than intended. Went to pond 5, started trolling a green body, chartreuse tail and hackle jig, homemade. Worked my way back to the cove where the yakima...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After having been locked up in my house with bronchitus I decided it was time to go out and get some air. I headed down to Pond 1. I used a green and chartreuse micro jig and proceeded to walk the ban...
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Posted: 4/24/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I was hoping to file a Banks Lake Crappie report on a planned crappie excursion, but time and unforseen occurance held me up. So I headed up to the I 82 ponds instead and concentrated on pond # 5 with...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After making the LONG walk to Pond 7 with my son-in-law and teammate Chance, we actually started fishing at the north end of the pond. The side next to the highway. Using black Mister Twister jigs abo...
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Posted: 4/13/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was a rough day on the I-82 ponds for the crappie. We fished 1,2,4, and 5 catching dozens of small fish. Maybe 6-8 inchers, but no quality fish today. We used slip bobbers with various Gulp jigs...
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Posted: 4/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Tried the I-82 ponds today for Crappie. Focused my attention of ponds # 4&5. Pond 5 was inactive, with only one hit at the NW corner. The wind was blowing from the North/ NW and rather cold. I ended ...
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By: panfisher
Posted: 3/31/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Walked around ponds 1&2 then 4&5 looking for panfish. Nothing at all. Probably because of the rain/hail/wind! A lot of people on #4. Some had a few trout. The four fishing off the dock using powerbait...
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By: panfisher
Posted: 3/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had some time to check out ponds 1-2. 3:00-5:00. Lots of wind. Walked around both ponds looking for some panfish but as they were not wanting to help with supper I rigged for trout with a red/white di...
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Posted: 3/28/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got out for the first real fishing trip this year. I was at pond 4, got the pontoons out, tied up several jigs. I had read an earlier report about pond 1 or 2 doing well so i had decided to check ou...
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Posted: 3/26/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After several weeks of futile crappie fishing in the I-82 pond's area in Yakima county, I finally got into the crappie! I even road my moutain bike out to # 7 pond in the morning, but with no hits wi...
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