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Rattlesnake Fishing Reports

By: BentRod
Posted: 4/2/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with TMBob on Rattlesnake early Sunday morning for some c&r RBT fun from the kayak. 43 and breezy when I arrived. Made launching in my Teva's a bit chilly, but got over that quick enough when...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 4/1/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Spent the weekend at Rattlesnake again and of course it was more of the same....lots and lots of stocker RBT. I mean like my record high for the lake on Saturday. There were a few things different...
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By: flyguy
Posted: 3/25/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Dead calm as I started trolling a small attractor bugger fly at 10:45am. Nothing much was rising such that I used a 4 wt. clear intermediate sink line. Had 8 strikes and 5 fish. All fish were 9-11...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 3/24/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This is a combine report for Rattlesnake Lake for Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. My first time on the lake since it was stocked was Thursday after work. A fair amount of wind made for tough going s...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 10/21/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Rattlesnake Sunday morn.....got there later than my normal time, about 9am. Foggy, but partially burned off in places. Two rods, one a fly with Intermidate line and a beaded Olive crysta...
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By: alfafish
Posted: 10/16/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
It's been a while since I've posted anything. TMBob got me motivated to take my kayak out to Rattlesnake again to try out some new Mag Lips I got. I trolled up and down the lake for the most part ...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 10/13/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Rattlesnake today because of the light wind forecasted for there. Water was so far out that no trailers would be able to launch, please take note.....unless you want to get stuck in the mud. R...
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By: fishon
Posted: 6/30/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake at 5:00 pm. Fifty feet away from the launch had my first trout. Two other fly fishers left at 5:30 as the bite was beginning. Had a great afternoon landing 19 trout. Best part I ...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 6/17/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Rattlesnake Saturday morning after a test run Thursday night. Action was very good to start but slowed down quickly and ended up with 14 with one about 13”. Fish have lice or copepods that were c...
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By: alfafish
Posted: 5/11/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a tough time at Rattlesnake today, got there around 11:00. Saw lots of fish on the fish finder, many 25-30' deep but also quite a few at 5-10'. Started off trolling Kastmasters, nothing for abou...
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Posted: 4/23/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I've fished the last four days consecutively. It has taken some experimentation, but overall the fishing has been pretty decent. Friday was cloudy and cooler, and the hot ticket seemed to be a r...
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By: alfafish
Posted: 4/20/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Rattlesnake around 10:00, it was sunny and the lake was like glass, big change from that last couple days. Trolled numerous types and colors of lures and hadn't even gotten a bite by 2:00. Th...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 4/18/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Rattlesnake after work today. Left Bellevue and it was nice. Heading east it was dark and cloudy. Just before I get to the gate, driving hail starts up so I parked at the launch hoping it would bl...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 4/15/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Skipped heading south and stayed closer to home. Dead clam at 7am till about 10am and then the wind picked up some. Plenty of fish...about 11 per hour with a huge number of lost fish. I lost one n...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 4/14/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Hit Rattlesnake today but really wanted to hit some small lakes in Ellensburg (Mattoon, McCabe & Woodhouse) to avoid the rain but did not want to mess with the pass. Fished from 7:15 to 12:15,.......
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By: alfafish
Posted: 4/11/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Wasn't planning on going out today but saw the sun pop out and blue skies so figured I'd give Rattlesnake a shot this morning before the wind and rain moved in. Started out trolling my Rattlesnake ...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 4/9/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Hit up Rattlesnake Lake after work today since it seems like the last calmer day for a while. Launched about 3:30pm and left at 7:00pm Water was OK but the winds were predicted to pick up as the da...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 4/8/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Looking at the weather report all week long I was not sure if I was going to be able to get out this weekend. Passed on yesterday but I kept seeing low winds for some reason predicted for the Rattlesn...
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By: alfafish
Posted: 4/7/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Toughest fishing yet on Rattlesnake, thought it was going to be my first time getting skunked in my new kayak. Got on the water around 10:30 and got a few bites but no fish until I got a 12 incher ar...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 4/5/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Saw better than I expected weather after work so I headed home and packed up for Rattlesnake. More rain than I uncountered on my drive up but the main thing was the wind was Downs’s I launched at 4...
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By: alfafish
Posted: 4/3/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went out in the afternoon and trolled a Kastmaster on my spin rod and then a Wooley Bugger on a fly rod, had consistent action and netted 5 fish and lost a lot more. I'm still mastering the whole sin...
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By: alfafish
Posted: 4/3/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went out again today and got there around 11:30. Saw a bunch of surface activity as there were some kind flies floating and getting aggressively hit by trout coming clear out of the water. Tried fly...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 4/3/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I saw a very good weather report for today (low winds and overcast) and made plans to either hit Lost Lake or Rattlesnake after work. Went with Rattlesnake because I need gas and Costco was on the wa...
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By: alfafish
Posted: 4/1/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First time out in my new Kayak and decided to go to Rattlesnake as it is only 10 mins from my house. Only brought one lure as I was really there to break in the kayak. Trolled a Kastmaster up and do...
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By: AVS_15
Posted: 3/30/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Another solid outing at Rattlesnake. Went out after work again and had the boat in the water by 5:30pm. (Took a second to find the fish (the have moved to a different part of the lake since I was l...
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