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Horseshoe Fishing Reports

By: rpolensky
Posted: 7/2/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Slow fishing. Only caught 1.
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Posted: 7/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Well it was time to give the lake Roosevelt kokanee a break and go to our annual family camp out at Horseshoe lake. Our family has a lot up there and we really enjoy the serenity of the lake. It's a...
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Posted: 6/15/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2015
Hot Spots: 1
My friend and I decided to take an exploration trip up to Horseshoe as I had fished the creek above the waterfall long ago as a kid. The hike is really difficult without a good trail and the fishing ...
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Posted: 5/22/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took the wife and kids to horseshoe today, I haven't been in a long time but wanted to show the family some of the cool things the lake has to offer (waterfall, "the well", etc) and do some fishing as...
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By: kenyon9
Posted: 8/20/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Earlier this year my brother and I went kayaking on horseshoe to see the waterfall. We caught all kinds of panfish and small largemouth on small crappie jigs, so in August we decided to make another t...
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Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Set out on the water around 7pm with Eric. Paddled over to the immediate right side of the lake from launch site at least two beavers seemed to be out slapping the water pretty hard on this side of th...
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Posted: 9/12/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
To make a long story short, my buddy and I fished Horseshoe from 7am to 3:30pm and caught 3 fish. One on a spinnerbait and the other two on a Strike King worm. We threw crankbaits, swimbaits, spi...
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By: #Bird_Dog
Posted: 8/13/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Beached the boat at the mouth in front of the falls, walked out in the water to about waist deep. Consistently hooked small bass, only two decent ones that would have been worth keeping. Cut them al...
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Posted: 7/22/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2012
Hot Spots: 2
This was the 2nd day in a row to come up there, the first was so nice. Caught just a few LM around 12". Did some jiggin' near the stream that feeds the lake and i brought in this slippery lil...
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Posted: 7/22/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2012
Hot Spots: 3
First adventure out to Horseshoe, we started up there about 3pm when the massive storm ran through. Our moods were low but we were headin up there anyway. Got into the water at 4pm. Headed t...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Horseshoe for the first time. Read about the potential for catching kokes and Mackinaw in the deep areas as well as bass in the shallows. Weather was great, sunny and in the 70's. Marked fis...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 2
First time fishing this lake was a little windy but a great day to be on the water. Caught four small bass on white spinnerbait. the best results was two 14 inch crappie on a small tube. Also caught 2...
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Posted: 5/19/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 3 bass here in the morning before pulling the boat out to go to Eloika. My buddy nailed some pumkinseeds on a whacky senko.
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Posted: 7/27/2011
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Honistly, I have given this lake more time then I ever should. I heard there were some good spots in it, however I still had no luck even in thouse spots. I tryed trolling, sitting, and bobbing. Th...
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By: uncyboo
Posted: 8/4/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First trip to Horseshoe - what a beautiful little lake. Caught a few dink LM starting just south of the launch and working my way around. Got around to the rock wall strait across from the launch and ...
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By: mothug33
Posted: 8/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2009
Hot Spots: 2
Woke up and hit Horseshoe at 5:00 am. Wanted to get the job done before that dang sun got too hot! I fished from a little dingy about 30 ft. away from shore. I used a trusty old beat up Rapala that...
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By: eustace
Posted: 7/30/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water at 7:00 pm and trolled until dark nothing. Fish in 35' to 28' untill midnight and not even a peck. This lake used to be full of koks but we did even mark many fish. I haven't fish Hor...
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By: ruthven78
Posted: 7/14/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I was "low censused" at work meaning not enough work to have all of us there and I was the unfortunate one asked to stay home....in a way though I get an extra day off.....in another, my paycheck is a...
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By: plunkr
Posted: 7/13/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 4 year old son and my neighbor out to Horseshoe, got there around 10 am. Couple of cars in the lot, maybe 2 other boats on the water. We were going for bass as I have caught them here before b...
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Posted: 7/8/2008
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took my Pops out on the boat to Horseshoe Lake, only my second time on the lake, and the first time we only fished for an hour or so. We went from the boat launch to the falls area, and then the the ...
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By: ruthven78
Posted: 6/28/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
something woke me up at 4:30am and I decided it would be a great time to go hit a lake. It came down to Horseshoe or Williams but I didn't feel like the long drive so I went to Horseshoe...I should h...
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By: ruthven78
Posted: 6/24/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Took my son up to the lake to try to actually be able to catch something decent. Spent about 4 hours total starting about 12:30p. We only ended up catching a couple 12" tench on worms and marshmallo...
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By: R Heine
Posted: 1/18/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I hit the lake around 4 in the afternoon, there was a light breeze on the lake. Temp was cool around 65. From the boat launch we headed to the far side along the rocks, My dad was trolling...
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By: ruthven78
Posted: 8/19/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
In spite of rain in the forecast, I wanted to hit the northend of Horseshoe Lake today and see how good of a spot it really was. I'm not entirely sure if its private property because it goes straight...
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Posted: 7/23/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We launched a little before 9 am and started fishing on the east side across from the launch. We had never been there before and all we had to go on was a lake map and a few tips we read here. We star...
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