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Potholes Fishing Reports

Posted: 5/21/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The walleye bite continues to be VERY good. Maybe not the mind blowing fishing of the past two weeks when we were averaging nearly 50 fish per trip! The fishing pressure in crab creek and Lind Coulee ...
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By: EFHutton
Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tried my luck at Potholes for a day or two. The first day I caught a walleye. Pretty easy since they seem to be in abundance there. The second day, I tried for more Walleye and Bass and ended up hooki...
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Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2014
Hot Spots: 3
went back to the same are as yesterday... but tried a couple of other areas too... slammed the smallies again... but when was kind hoping to find some largies in the south end... no going on that...
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Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 3
4 day on water and changed it up and wanted more smallie action... hit the other side of Goose Island and just hammered fish the whole time out... had a blast and caught over 70 fish between the 3 of ...
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Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 3
day 3 of our trip.. tried another new area... my buddy that went with us on this trip had major issues with his big motor on boat and the 3 of us piled into the range and set off... another awesome d...
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Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2014
Hot Spots: 3
second day on the water... we gonna target largies today...headed up into the Dunes and we found what we were looking for... caught a few nice largies in the 4lb range... started at big Dune and worke...
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Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 3
First time out this year in the boat after doing a bunch of work on her... we made our trip to Potholes for a week... got there Monday afternoon... was breezy but we ran out after setting up camp....
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By: Slacktime
Posted: 5/14/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Fished May 8 & 9th @ Potholes with a friend. 2 great days on the water. Limits both days great trip for our first walleye adventure. We saw guys who had been there longer than us who caught nothing at...
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Posted: 5/13/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 2
May 9-11 Potholes reservoir report Friday was windy and we arrived for an evening fish. No fish. Lots of wind. Saturday we were on the lake by 8:30AM. Onboard were Wm, Jeff, Phil and Susan. Susa...
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Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My last report I had the date wrong so not sure how to correct that but should have been May 10th. Now on to today~ well I guess my boat whoas rubbed off on Joe from Lake Chelan Adventures because he...
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Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
this report is for 5-9 to 5-11. Fished crab creek boated 23 walleye to 18 in on fri. lots of wind from the west. mostly smile blades and slow death glow gold was the go to color. Speed 1.2 mph. A...
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Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The walleye bite continues to be amazing! Thursday was the toughest day in a week and the only day we did not catch a limit, ended up with 30 (2 short). Lind coulee is still producing limits but the f...
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By: OGFboat
Posted: 5/2/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got on the water right at 5:00 yesterday. Went in the Lind Coulee only about a half mile, and started working the North side with chartreuse smile blade worm harness. Started catching in 26 FOW. Ended...
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Posted: 4/29/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Keeping this report short I am typing on my phone. Camping at west end of dam for last 3 days. Walleye fishing is fabulous. Lots of fish 14 to 17 inches. If you cull you can limit on fish 18 to 20 inc...
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Posted: 4/27/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The walleye bite continues to get even better! Fished Friday on all new water looking for some new productive areas. Caught fish nearly everywhere we stopped from 12-40 feet of water! Fished the dam, ...
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By: OGFboat
Posted: 4/25/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2014
Hot Spots: 3
(Sorry no pictures this time, got off the lake late) Got the opportunity to get out yesterday evening after work, and took advantage of it since I'd heard that Potholes was "ON" for Walleye. Got to th...
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Posted: 4/18/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Late short report. Hit potholes with Pop, arrived about 7:30. Tried to go out to the main lake but it was a little bumpy so we went up the Coulee arm. Fished anywhere from 20 to 50 FOW with green and ...
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Posted: 4/15/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Our walleye bite continues to be fabulous! Fished Wed 4-9 and boated a 16 fish limit kept 6 for a birthday fish fry. Fished all morning on water I haven't tried all season. Boated 21 on Thursday morni...
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Posted: 4/12/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Made it to the potholes and launched at the east end of the dam. I was a little hesitant due to the forecast of 16+ MPH wind with gusts of 30. This being my first time on the potholes in my own bo...
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By: namaycush
Posted: 4/10/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 6 prespawn female smallmouths (16-19") in Lind Coulee over a rock bar, all C&R. Water temp was 54 F @15 feet. Accu-fish shows 17" smallmouth just before it hit jig over bar. Lots of boats t...
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Posted: 4/9/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/8/2014
Hot Spots: 1
First trip to Potholes! Thanks to the folks at a MarDon's. Limited in fishing 6- 10 am. A lot of small ones but eight keepers fishing 40-50 feet deep. 15 - 19 inches. Fished Perch Point. The loc...
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Posted: 4/6/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Spring walleye fishing simply does not get better than it is right now! Fished Thursday and boated 19, Friday 17 (all released), Saturday 30 with a 21" big fish, and Sunday afternoon 24 with a 23" big...
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Posted: 4/5/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My wish came true... The walleye are biting at potholes, and I don't think it's a secret anymore. My buddy who owns and operates "1/2 the boat 1/2 the price guide service" called me on an invite to po...
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Posted: 4/2/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We started fishing by 8:30 and had the first fish on fifteen minutes later, a small walleye. The action stayed fast until 11:30 then slowed to a trickle. We had several doubles, but the fish were smal...
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Posted: 3/26/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Saturday and caught 12 walleye between 16-21 inches, a bunch of undersize walleye, and a mess of perch. Back out Sunday for an hour and caught 7 (all released). Monday started with a double in ...
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