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Waitts Fishing Reports

Waitts
By: eustace
Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Whent up to see how my nephews were doing on the camping/fishing trip. They had caught three fish in the morning all at 8". So we decided to give it a try. We didn't fair any better, by six that eveni...
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Waitts
By: fishjtr
Posted: 5/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Trolling gold spoon perch pattern caught lots of dinks and four good browns. Weather was overcast and windy. Sun would bust through occasionally. Had a great time. Will try to figure out how to post p...
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Waitts
By: Bayner509
Posted: 4/28/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Opted to avoid the clutter of opening weekend, instead my buddies and I left early Monday morning (well early for 4 20yrs) about 10. Waitts has always been like a 2nd home for me, it has never disappo...
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Waitts
By: Xwisconyfisherman
Posted: 2/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for 3 hours or so, tried worms, corn, powerbait, and mealworms. Started off fishing 8-18 feet, graphed several fish and tried switching colors, and bait with no luck. Had better luck after we...
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Waitts
By: catchmorebluegill
Posted: 6/23/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We got to the lake around 3:00 p.m. We decided to fish off the dock at Silver Beach Resort until about 8:00. After about 10 minutes, the rain started pouring and a thunderstorm came. Luckily, the stor...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2008
Hot Spots: 2
Spent the afternoon on the lake the fishing was good but the wind was strong. My son and I caught 4 good sized bass each and had a good time. The weeds are starting to get thick and patchy, The bass w...
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Waitts
By: riprap101
Posted: 5/14/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Pops and I hit Waitts for the first time. Have been told about some nice browns, so we thought we would give it a shot. Ended the day with five browns, biggest was 23in., smallest was 18in. Also caugh...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Hit the lake at about noon. Very nice day on the water caught 3 bass about 2 lbs each fishing the docks. It was a good day! On the way back to the launch we saw a large boat with one paddle SLOWWWLY m...
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Waitts
By: Rat-L Russ
Posted: 8/13/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from a dock at Waitts early this morning. First time out here. Nice lake. Tried some spinnerbaits, poppers, and gulp worms for bass. Nothing. Switched gears and tried some Yum troutzilla on a s...
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Waitts
By: ruthven78
Posted: 7/9/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Well actually had the rare opportunity to go fishing with my dad in his boat out on Waitts Saturday night. He rents a slip there at Silver Beach Resort. We arrive at around 8:00pm and he took me to...
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Waitts
By: Piratefootball39
Posted: 5/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I spend alot of time up here... Greet fishing lake.. Do mostly Trout fishing but caught a 4 lb. Bass jigging for crappie off of the dock. Opening weekend Limited out trolling with a Triple Teaser.
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We got there about 6 o clock in the evening and most "openers" were off the lake. We trolled around and got a lot of bites, and we ended up with 4 fish in the boat. All nice German Browns, the bigge...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/5/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
August 1951 Off to Waitts Lakewith Mother, Grandfather, Sisters and brothers,and a cousin all from Spokane. Was at that time the Best Bass fishing in the whole State [our opinion] Great fishing fo...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/28/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2006
Hot Spots: 0
When I arrived at the lake, around 9:00 A.M., there was a thick cloud bank completely engulfing the entire lake. Visibility was only 50-100 yards. The fog didn't seem to bother the German Browns that ...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/3/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Been fishing this lake since 1984. My brother and I went out about 6:00 am and limited by 10:30 am. We used leaded line, a Les Davis string troll, a wedding ring, and a night crawler. A good combo ...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Mom & Dad built a lake cabin on Waitts in 1958. They bought the lot from Dan VanDissel for $1750. Remember going to Silver Beach Resort at night in the early 60's to play pinball games and have hamb...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/2/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Stayed at the Winona Beach Resort for three days to do some fishing and family camping (a little spendy but they had plentiful docks for mooring near any camp site). I had heard that there was suppos...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/3/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out late . got on lake around 9:30am , started trolling with leaded line and gangtroll w/ a night crawler . Ended up with limit in about two hours , fish ranged from 12 to 15 inchs . leaded line ...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/25/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Waiits about 9 am, hoping the fish had woke up. I was float tubing and dragging wollybuggers and Carey specials around. I was marking fish around 10-15 feet deep but they ignored my offerings. A...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I caught my limit of 5 trout I have fished this lake since 1948 when the game dept. would plant 90 to 100,000 fish every year. I think the limit was 17 then .Then as the years went by the plant fin...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
3 friends and I still fished on the South and North end. Limited out and had to throw a few back. Beautiful day at the lake. Going back for more. Worms are the hit. See you out there.
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Great to be back to the great lake. First time out this year on Waitts. Weather was warm one minute and cold and blowing the next. Typical springtime in the area. The water was a little cho...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I just found this site, while looking for a topo of Stevens County. Saw the nostalgic note of Roderic Gale. More nostalgia. The lake was named after my great grandfather, George Waitt, who was t...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing was great this week not only were the carry-over German Browns hitting but also the bass. I think altogether I caught 12 bass (put them all back) the biggest were one 4 pounder and then ...
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Waitts
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/25/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The fish was great as it always is at waitts. We caught somewhere around ten carry-over browns they went anywhere from 14 to 18 inches we caught these with four colors out and a green flatfish on. Dur...
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