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Potholes Fishing Reports

Potholes
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/17/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is actually for Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, the Wife and I fished Potholes at Medicare Beach and then at Mardon Resort. Due to the wind, Medicare Beach was a bust for fish, but a great ...
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Potholes
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 2/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/15/2013
Hot Spots: 1
After an hour and a half of nodda at Fiorito this morning.My buddy Gary and I decided to keep on driving the rest of the way to Potholes and fish off Medicare beach.Powerbait in a wide asst of colors,...
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Potholes
By: pugduke
Posted: 10/22/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Howdy all,Had a few days off,so hauled the boat & the wife over to check out Potholes to do some Trout & Walleye fishin'. Heading over to Goose Island,rigged my wife's pole with a big white jig & ha...
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Potholes
By: Logan77
Posted: 10/9/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my yearly trip to Potholes. Fished Friday night through Sunday morning. Caught a 3 pounder, and one approaching 5, and also approximatly 50 fish in the .5-1.25 range. Fish were hitting reaction b...
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Potholes
By: Chili
Posted: 9/18/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Fished the Potholes from Thursday 9-13 until Mondat 9-17. Had Rainbows from 3lbs. to 5 lbs. Used Needlefish and joint Rapala's in perch. Area was in front of the state park about 25 to 35 feet. Photos...
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Potholes
By: billdance
Posted: 8/29/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great couple of days on Potholes. You know things are running hot when you "mistakenly" catch a 4lb. trout while targeting bass. Actually hooked up on a couple trout, but only landed the one pictured....
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Potholes
By: pacbassman
Posted: 7/23/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hello friends. Well Saturday morning Jigmiester and I headed to Potholes to try to catch some nice bluegill. We caught instead several small perch. We used every lure that we make and anything else in...
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Potholes
By: fishinChristian
Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After Goose Lakes debacle, went to Lind Coulee. Found the big bluegill, using small worms, suspending at about 12 feet, in 15-18' of water. Caught about 40, give or take 2. Lost track when while fi...
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Potholes
By: Devari
Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Drove from Vancouver, WA to Potholes for some Walleye action, and were pleasantly surprised. Day one we got on the lake by 11 AM and fished till 4 PM. Pulled out a 20" and two 14" walleyes after we ...
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Potholes
By: Mark Bingaman
Posted: 7/2/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Fished Sat 1100 till run off the lake by a storm 5pm. Few small mouth, not worth keeping on a olive green grub, 1/4 oz head by the dam 25-30 ft water. Lake is full of algae and moss. Fished early t...
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Potholes
By: Boulton 21
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing was slow, guess that would explain the lack of reports from this lake lately........and the lack of anglers in the typical fishing spots. Did manage one 8" perch and a 12" channel cat....
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Arrived Friday 4/22/12 on the water at 4pm wind blasting, got caught in thunderstorm,no fish, no joy. 4/23/12, Line in by 7am wind flat, tried goose island west side for walleye no action. Many trout ...
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Potholes
By: jaredlc12
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the morning(6:30-11:30) and caught 4, 3-4lb Rainbows then fished the evening(3-6:30) in the same area and caught 6 Rainbows two over five pounds. We where trolling with a green wedding ring...
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Potholes
By: afk
Posted: 6/7/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/5/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I've jigged for Halibut in calmer waters! Lots of wind & waves. Tough boat control. Very few others out. We saw them in the Lind Coulee arm. We were using bottom walkers & crank baits. Went out to Goo...
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Potholes
By: fishinChristian
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Memorial Day I usually skip fishing, but decided to try Potholes reservoir. Windy, but glad I did. 11 catfish, 9-24 lbs. 4 bass 14, 15, 17, and 22". And a big fat carp. All on bait, all on 4 lb t...
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Potholes
By: MLCC
Posted: 5/24/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Went to Potholes to try for some walleye. My boat trailer blew a wheel bearing so I stayed 3 nights in Ellensburg. I fished Potholes Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Caught 5 smallies between 12 ...
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Potholes
By: Spiny_Ray_Tracker
Posted: 5/20/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Potholes for the first time Friday and Saturday. Launched from Potholes State Park and explored the shoreline areas and backwaters with my boat. Ended up landing one smallmouth on a drop shot s...
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Potholes
By: Alaska316
Posted: 5/19/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lind Coulee last night and Today. Had my 10 year and almost 8 year with me. We fished from 5:30pm to 6:30pm last night. Got two, 14in and 13in. Then the girls where ready for dinner. This morni...
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Potholes
By: drhookem99
Posted: 5/14/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This report is actually for fri. sat and sun. Fished crab creek friday evening just pulled cranks only boated 2 three pound rainbows and a 23" walleye water temp 60 degrees. Sat had to work hard fo...
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Potholes
By: hlindsay
Posted: 5/11/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was able to pick up one 13' walleye, saw two other small walleye caught. fished lind coulee.
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Potholes
By: hlindsay
Posted: 5/11/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished crab creek area, using bottom bouncer and worm harness, no bites.
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Potholes
By: Ross Outdoor Adventures
Posted: 5/7/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the 2012 Rod Meseberg Spring Walleye Classic this weekend with my brother Kelly. We also had camera man Craig Brissey onboard filming for a new outdoor TV series. Saturday we weighed 5 fish to...
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Potholes
By: Nick_Barr
Posted: 5/7/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend out at Potholes Reservoir has been as good as the weather will let it. With these rough cold fronts coming in with low night time temperatures it makes the fishing overall a bit of a chal...
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Potholes
By: procaster
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had fished potholes when I was younger, and I knew there was plenty of bass to be caught. I arrived friday afternoon and stayed until monday. I heard that the bass bite was pretty slow so I was mo...
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Potholes
By: Lundegard
Posted: 4/30/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished a local club tournament for one day. We started at Big Dune and boated three bass. Then we tried some other dunes with similar features but didn't find any takers. We moved to the Goose Isla...
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