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Rotary Fishing Reports

By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Rotary lake today with some students from my work. It was mostly cool and cloudy but luckily it stopped raining by the time we got there. Water temperature was 65 degrees. The only fish biti...
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By: cwbraue
Posted: 3/19/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I've been dying to get out fishing, but weather was crappy for weeks, so with some sun for a few days I decided to head out and went to Rotary lake, since it's nearby and I had no idea if fish would b...
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Posted: 4/26/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went late yesterday after the rain storm so it was about 6:15 P.M. before ia got out of the truck. With only one pile of glass on the ground I went for the lake! I put on a new jig that i just bough...
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Posted: 7/15/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 12 bass in 3 hours using exlclusively a 5" watermelon senko w/flake. I fished on the freeway side near the northwest end of the lake. Mostly used texas rigged, but I caught a bass or 2 wacky ri...
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Posted: 7/10/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Chased perch from 1/2-way up the freeway side working my way S around the corner the N up the greenway side past the second dock over about 2 hours. Chasing perch from the bottom with a drop shot and ...
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Posted: 7/10/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
One little perch to show for 3 hours of methodical exploration with dropshot nightcrawlers, roboworms, and misc crappie jigs 4-10' under a slip bobber. Tons of nibbles on the crawlers very few bites....
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Posted: 7/9/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake at 9 and left at 2:30. Caught one 12 inch bass on a texas rigged roboworm, and an 8 inch bass on a wacky rigged roboworm. Caught about a dozen bluegill, mostly on jigs, and 1 nice on...
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Posted: 6/14/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I caught 2 small 8" LMBs on a weightless wacky rigged roboworm. I had a nice fish- over a pound bite, but the fish spit the hook. Saw some very big looking bass swim by also.
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Posted: 5/27/2013
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tried rotary for some bluegill. I was using a piece of worm about 3 to 4 feet under a bobber. I fished from 3 O'clock to 8.Caught 1 largemouth bass probably about 40 pumpkinseeds and bluegills and kep...
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By: Barberz
Posted: 5/3/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got a chance to get out and try my new Jigmeister custom jigs this morning for a 2 hours, within the 3rd cast I already hooked into my first crappie and it was about every other to every 3rd c...
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By: Barberz
Posted: 4/25/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Rotary Lake this morning in search of some panfish (mainly crappie), I used a 7 ft light noodle/jig rod with a spinning reel with 2 lb tess mono line and about a 2 ft 2 lb tess flouro leader,...
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By: Barberz
Posted: 4/19/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to get some crappie of a mini tube jig and slip bobber no luck but I did get a couple bass to take it which was fun on my ultra light set up, anyone have any tips for crappie fishing here? I kno...
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By: GordyC
Posted: 4/14/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would try Rotary with my brother today. Another great day for crappies. We caught over 100 fish using a white crappie jig under a bobber. Keep a few for dinner.
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Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I caught 2 stocker size rainbows. I caught one on a green and red jig with a curly tail on it, and caught one bottom-fishing pink Powereggs. I was 2 to 7 on the hooked to bite ratio, so if I would hav...
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Posted: 3/9/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 3 10-11" inch rainbows using pink powereggs about 3 feet off the bottom. I got there at 11:00 and caught 1 fish 10 minutes in, then 1 an hour in, then 1 another 2 hours in. Left at 3:40. It see...
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Posted: 12/22/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Myron and Rotary. Caught a brooder at Myron. Fun on 4lb test. Guy next to me caught an 8lb trout, and was he stoked! Fun to watch. He kept his. Actually went to try out some new designs ...
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Posted: 10/12/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hooked a rainbow at the beginning of the day on a worm under a bobber, but the hook broke off about 5 feet out. It was a pretty nice fish too-probably 14". Tried numerous baits, lures, and even a wool...
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Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got there around 9:30. caught alot of bluegill up to 6". You could see the swarms of these fish in the shallows just hanging out. The milfoil has taken over this lake, and it is a good idea to try to ...
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Posted: 4/30/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The lake was crowded, for the time. Luckily, though everybody there was really nice. Now my dad started out using one green, one white and one pink poweregg on the same hook. I noticed all the little...
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Posted: 4/12/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to rotary 2 hours. Caught 11 crappie, 10 hand sized and 1 decent. 4 trout, using one of Jiggy's creations, sort of nymph-like. 2 bass, about 14 inches. Sorry, don't have the names of Jiggy's ...
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Posted: 4/2/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my dad decided to go fishing because, do I need reason? We started using green powereggs about 3 feet from the bottom, later we switched to a setup with white green and orange all on the same h...
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Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
fished about an hour and a half. Didn't find any crappie this time. Caught several sunnies and a couple of decent bluegill, and one small planter trout. No bass either.
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Posted: 4/3/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After terrorizing a lot of trout over the past few weeks I hooked up with my new found fishing buddy Chris Erlicher of Yakima to try Rotary pond for some largemouth bass. We portaged my Jon boat on my...
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Posted: 3/8/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out early Sunday morning about 7am and stayed till about 3:30pm. Took my brother inlaw to Rotary pond just off the right side of freeway when heading over to Selah from Yakima...It was a slow st...
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Posted: 6/1/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I went and fished rotary with my dad for the first time in three years as last time my float tube got stolen from the back of the truck. I fished with a green maribou jig and a plastic bobber 1 1/2 f...
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