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Dusty Fishing Reports

Dusty
By: bourne69
Posted: 5/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This is this first report I have posted here, but it is a story I have to tell. My son (he is 15) and I are from Seattle and this past weekend we made what has become our annual early-season trip to f...
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Dusty
By: casejohnc
Posted: 5/8/2017
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Only had a half hour to fish from shore from the west side (backpacked in for the night, killing some time before dinner), but got a nice 18 inch brown trout. He was safely returned to the water; hope...
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Dusty
By: drysuperfly52
Posted: 4/13/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided last minute to take off and get some spring fishing in. I was originally headed for reliable rocky ford, then at about Vantage I had a change of heart I decided to try out dusty, or any of the...
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Dusty
By: cwbraue
Posted: 3/15/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I went out on one of the rainiest days of the year aiming for dusty lake- and missed. Apparently I was at an unnamed pond in a group of ponds north of Dusty, so I don't know how Dusty fished tod...
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Dusty
By: flyguynye
Posted: 4/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome day on dusty! The fishing really took off today for us. We got on the lake around 8 this morning and got off around 1pm. The fish never stopped biting. We fished the rocks on the east side of ...
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Dusty
By: flyguynye
Posted: 4/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to dusty lake today. The fishing was good all day for us. Had a lot of decent sized fish. 14-16 inch range, with a lot of fight. We were fly fishing out of the float tubes and also a little b...
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Dusty
By: cdhiles
Posted: 4/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hiked into Dusty Lake this weekend with float tubes for some trout fishing.. First trip here.. Wind was flat HOWLING! No way we were getting into that lake on tubes.. 3 of us fished from shore for a...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/22/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Dusty Lk 9:30 am -2:00 pm. Wet but mild temps. Bank -fished the shoreline along "the point" with moderate success. Red and black chironomids under a strike indicator at about 8 ft.produced f...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Dusty Lake, a quality water in the Quincy Wildlife area for about 4 hours during the mid-day. Water was pretty cold and had to get out a couple of times to warm up . Used a float tube and fi...
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Dusty
By: atroutfisherman
Posted: 3/3/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Dusty Lake is located in the Quincy Potholes, a short hike from the parking area just south of Burke Lake. My fourth cast with an F4 frog flatfish resulted in the loss of all my terminal gear, as th...
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Dusty
By: gpc
Posted: 3/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We hiked into dusty Saturday afternoon. There were quite a few people fly fishing and they seemed to be doing pretty well. I mostly threw steelhead jigs and on the 2nd cast I had a fish follow it in. ...
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Dusty
By: gpc
Posted: 5/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished dusty twice during the weekend. The first day was Friday and we did pretty well. There was 4 of us fishing and we landed one 14" rainbow and had 2 followers and a few great bites. The fish was ...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/10/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Very beautiful lake and not a bad hike I'm not sure the exact distance but it only took 15 minutes to hike there this is a selective gear fishery so make sure to pinch your barbs we fished it three ti...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was nice, around 70 degrees, with a small storm skirting the lake. Talked to a few fishermen who had limited success trolling green careys and woolybuggers. Tried the same, and went DEEP wit...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2006
Hot Spots: 0
A little slow during the day. Started at 9:30 am. Went to Katy and Janice for the day and back for the evening bite. Well worth the driving, lots of 16-19: 'bows. Fished exclusively within 100 yar...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Dusty early morning on the opener with great success. Conditions were excellent for float tube....very little wind! Using sinking line, caught and landed 4 bows between 16"-22" during first h...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/1/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake a 7 am on a hot, sunny day. Out with friend in tubes with fast sinking line. Down about 40 feet. Each landed 4 16" rainbow. Fish fought well until they got in the upper strata of w...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for about 3 hours Saturday morning, dragging a weighted black fly behind the float tube. Fish were pretty aggressive and hitting hard. Lost more than I landed, but managed to land a couple. Fa...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Dusty in the AM yesterday (4/20). Used several patterns but a small Nyerges nymph seemed to generate the most interest. Had several hits and landed 1, a strong 15 in. rainbow.
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/16/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/16/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to fish at Dusty Lake for the first time, and it turned out to be pretty good. The hike down to the lake was extremely beautiful, with many different aspects of nature to view. When we f...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/12/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was nice around 62 degrees, but pretty windy. Started fishing around 9:00am. Fishing was steady for some nice size trout. Fish were a little lethargic due to water temperature still being pre...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/25/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Made another trip to Dusty this weekend with much the same result. My friend CJ and I headed out on the lake about 8:00am on our float tubes. We headed to the same rock structure as last time but didn...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/29/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2002
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I hiked into Dusty lake about 5:00am Saturday filled up the float tubes and off we went. Paddle out to the three rock structures in the middle left portion of the lake. I tossed out a rod...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2002
Hot Spots: 0
We got a late start, but managed to get down to the lake by about 9 am. The hike in is not too bad; only about half a mile. However, a word to the wise: This is rattlesnake country. Watch your step...
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Dusty
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I have always fished this lake opening day for 8 years and never seem to make it back.[ I am at least 100 miles away] This year my boys convinced me they needed to go in. We got there about 1:00 w...
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