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Fourth of July Fishing Reports

By: Cousin
Posted: 12/27/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Day out fishing with dad! Arrived on easily accessible road at about 9:00 AM. Having never been to Fourth of July lake before we followed tracks down the east side of lake. We were the only ones th...
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Posted: 12/8/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Found open water halfway down the lake. I immediately caught a 16", then caught 3 11 1/2" and closed out the limit with another 16", all in 1 hour 27 minutes. I mentioned yellow power bait, but th...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/3/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
hit the parking lot about 12:30 - several cars and a couple of game wardens checking fish and paperwork - followed the trail along the South side past the big rock to mid-lake where there was some ope...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
It was very windy on Sunday. Fished from the bank and caught 2 niced sized rainbows. Also lost 2. They seem to like worms and other variants combined with worms. From the looks of it they keep thi...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/9/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Great day fishing; we limited-out. I would tell more, but the spell checker for this report wiped out my first attempt at writing this tale of pescatorial prowess. We DID catch 4 silvers and 6 trout...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/19/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 12/19/2006
Hot Spots: 0
lake is frozen about 5 in. water is down about 10 feet.didnt look safe to walk on,lots of weeds at surface of ice. so if you happen to fish there please let me know how it was.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/5/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/5/2006
Hot Spots: 0
In regards to the gentlemen that asked about ice fishing on this lake, I was there about 3 weeks ago and there was not any ice left at all. That could have changed but the weather has been real warm c...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/1/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Can someone tell me if the lake is still frozen over. I wouldnt like my hopes of 'icefishing' to be melted. I heard the ice fishing is money up there. Please anyone post as soon as possible that has b...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/4/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake this morning to see if it was fishable but its still covered in ice. Have to wait for the spring thaw to fish this one right now.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/23/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Fourth of July intending to flyfish from shore (bad idea). The weeds have really taken over! Very difficult to fish with any fly that sinks more than a couple of feet. I think I will wa...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/3/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 12/3/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Brrrrrr, cold wind, hot fishing. Rory (a genuine Redneck) and I hit the lake in his yacht. Hard to motor around a 50' yacht with a 30lb thrust electric motor. It was really hard putting in too! Still...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fourth of July Lake is a lake worth the trip to fish. Lots of potential here; some fellows were fly-fishing, some were trolling, and still others were fishing from the lake edges. On our expedition ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I have fished this lake only once before. I received some good advise there from a regular. This time I was equiped with the "secret" fly (a midge larvae pattern). I wasn't fishing it correctly ( I h...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/9/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/9/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I fished all day and got skunked. I dragged a few flies around, deep, shallow, fast, slow. Nothing worked. I hooked on big fish and fought with it for a couple minutes before he shook loose. I tried v...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/9/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/9/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I fished all day and got skunked. I dragged a few flies around, deep, shallow, fast, slow. Nothing worked. I hooked on big fish and fought with it for a couple minutes before he shook loose. I tried v...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/1/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the bank starting about 7:30am. The first 10 to 20 feet of shoreline was iced over. My buddy caught a nice 18 inch rainbow after about 30 minutes of fishing. I had to wait about an hour befo...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/1/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the bank starting about 7:30am. The first 10 to 20 feet of shoreline was iced over. My buddy caught a nice 18 inch rainbow after about 30 minutes of fishing. I had to wait about an hour befo...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/3/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/3/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I fished 4th of July and lots of people were catching fish except for me. I must not be using the right stuff so let me know what to use. I like bass fishing more but I needed to get my fishing fix. ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/3/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/3/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I fished 4th of July and lots of people were catching fish except for me. I must not be using the right stuff so let me know what to use. I like bass fishing more but I needed to get my fishing fix. ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/20/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/20/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived on the ice around 7:00am and fished the first narrow on the east-end, and nothing. Further up the lake towards the 2nd narrow on the west-end I stopped and fished with live worm and powerbait...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/20/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/20/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived on the ice around 7:00am and fished the first narrow on the east-end, and nothing. Further up the lake towards the 2nd narrow on the west-end I stopped and fished with live worm and powerbait...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/21/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/21/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Spent about three hours fishing at Fourth of July Lake, but couldn`t catch anything. Other fishermen I talked too said fishing had slowed from a few days ago, but I talked to one guy who had about a 2...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/21/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 12/21/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Spent about three hours fishing at Fourth of July Lake, but couldn`t catch anything. Other fishermen I talked too said fishing had slowed from a few days ago, but I talked to one guy who had about a 2...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/20/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/20/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Fourth of July for the first time this morning. Got there just before sunrise, and stayed only untill 9am. I only caught one trout, but it was about 14 inches, and full of eggs. I didn't start...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/1998
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/13/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Since ice out I've been float tubing both of these lakes on a regular basis, and with great success on almost every trip. I haven't seen anything on Eastern Washington on this site this year, other th...
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