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Sprague Fishing Reports

By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/30/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
A conditions report vs. a fishing report...The East portion is open water with several trailers at the "Pay At The Can" launch with Sprague Lake Resort OPEN, too. The WDFW access near the island is st...
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Posted: 3/13/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Frozen solid, covered with snow - only open water is at NE end, only small patch though and full of ducks and coots. Probably looking at best three weeks based on what looks like a warmer pattern on ...
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By: T-Bone
Posted: 1/24/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/24/2019
Hot Spots: 0
All iced up folks with an unplowed access road at the WDFW Access. No open water fishing and ice too thin for ice fishing.
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Posted: 11/30/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had wonderful fishing at Sprague Lake and Rock Lake last fall (2017) on Old Goat lures. Fish averages 19-23 inches. Part-Time- You mentioned you like 12 pound Seagar STS (thick) fluorocarbon I think r...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/19/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Where did they go? Al and I returned to Sprague today with high expectations after great trips there the last two weeks. Lines were in the water by 7:15 and the first fish was on 3 minutes later on ...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/15/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The normal suspects had lines in the water by 7:00 this morning. We returned to an area mid lake where we found fish last week. I had a fish on a pink #7 flickershad before I could get a second line...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 10/23/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Sprague Lake for the first time this fall. We were happy to see the dock still in at the SW launch. We had lines in the water by 7:30 on the East end. My perch Kekeda fly had a hi...
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By: MartyH
Posted: 6/1/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at Four Seasons Campground, and headed down to the other end of the lake. Using pop gear and wedding rings with rainbow power bait, and caught my limit of 5 in about 2 hours. Constant action ...
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By: T-Bone
Posted: 5/8/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well after being spoiled by the good fishing for huge rainbows a couple of years ago; I have to declare this late Winter/Spring a BUST. Today after several SKUNK trips, I did manage to catch one, but ...
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Posted: 5/8/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We launched the boat at the public launch on the SW corner of the lake around 10am. Once we had the kicker motor running, we trolled with 2 downriggers and a long line in the center of the stern. We e...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/1/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Wanted to target the not so recently planted Steelhead in Sprague Lake. Over the course of 2 days my friend Noah and I trolled over the entire lake in search of them, and had very little to show for i...
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Posted: 2/10/2018
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Spent most of the day targeting an early bass bite, without any success. My buddy caught a nice rainbow on a jointed Rapala crawdad colored. We fished all styles- trolled, bait, casting, jigging. Pre...
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By: T-Bone
Posted: 1/29/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/29/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This is my Public Service Report...The West end of the lake is still iced over; including the Public Launch. However, the East end of the lake has open water; including the "Pay At The Can" launch jus...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 12/6/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well the Tin-Guppy made her first voyage on Sprague Lake. The wind was stronger than we had hoped for so that called for a little more effort but overall it was a pretty nice day. It was my first time...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My son Cullen joined the normal suspects for an outing to Sprague this morning in the rain. It took about 15 minutes for the first rod to double over. After a nice fight a solid 24" RBT was netted a...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was back to the usual trio today. Fortunately the forcasted fog cleared by the time we reached Sprague Lake but the road was quite frosted the last 15 miles to the launch. We had our lines fishin...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
A stomach virus got my fishing partner this morning so I headed to Sprague solo today. I decided to try the unimproved launch on the SE corner of the lake. Fortunately another fisherman ahead of me s...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/1/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed to Sprague today. I was glad to have the canvas and heater as we saw a low of 21* enroute. We had 5 lines in the water by 8:00, 2 off a planer board and 3 long lined out the bac...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 10/16/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Sprague today hoping that the cooler weather would improve the fishing after getting skunked there a couple of months ago. We had lines in the water by 7:30 and within 20 minutes we were re...
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By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/9/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
TOO MUCH WATER! A large and ? deep puddle on the WDFW access lane blocks safe access to the boat ramp and the parking area...Decided driving through standing water to not be a wise choice. Both resort...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed back to Sprague with high hopes again. It was a chilly 18' as we pulled into the launch with no ice on the water. Water temps 34.5-38.4 today so with the forecast the ice will be the...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife has been pretty understanding. I keep telling her Sprague is going to freeze over soon so I only have 1 or 2 trips left until ice keeps me home. Al and I made our third trip there this week....
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The number of fish we boated the last 4 trips to Sprague had increased each time so it was inevitable that a decline was coming our way. It doesn't mean we willing accepted it and we tried hard to cr...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/28/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Adhering to the rule, don't leave fish to find fish, the trio returned to Sprague. Fortunately the wind was not bad today and we found the fish in a biting mood immediately. We offered rippin minnow...
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By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/22/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Sprague without Al today. We had lines in the water by 7:30 and trolled Kekada perch flies and perch rippin minnows on the west end of the lake. Last week we killed them in the s...
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