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Potholes Fishing Reports

Potholes
By: Fisheries24
Posted: 9/25/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Lots of company at potholes but I saw few fish caught. I give the day 5 stars for species diversity. Caught several decent crappie, a nice bluegill, several largemouth bass and one smallish walleye.
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Potholes
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 7/30/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the potholes last weekend and didn't have a lot of success, but we did land two in the low 20's. The key was getting in the weeds and away from the bullheads. We went through a ton of worms in ...
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Potholes
By: aortbahn
Posted: 7/18/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Friday the 14th with not a walleye to be found all day and seemed all over the lake. Saturday started like it was going to be a better day...in the first 10 mins of being on the water landed a...
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Potholes
By: fishindoc
Posted: 7/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I ventured to Potholes this morning hoping to ambush some trout or walleyes. We had 3 sizes of flickershads in the water by 5:30 AM. We trolled off the west side in 20-24 FOW and had a small tr...
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Potholes
By: Gbergman
Posted: 6/29/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The now 4th annual fishing trip for my two sons and I has now come and gone. We spent 6 days of dedicated fishing searching for the sometimes elusive Potholes Walleyes. We only fish the lake for one t...
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Potholes
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Potholes Reservoir this past Saturday with the OG1s. We started off of Medicare Beach--fishing one OG1 on the downrigger and another on a 1-ounce trolling weight. Trolling speed was right aroun...
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Potholes
By: Inexperiencedfisher
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took a trip over to potholes with a buddy for Father's day weekend. We both have never been to this lake and is something we wanted to experience. Got there early Friday morning and fished all Friday...
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Potholes
By: Inexperiencedfisher
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to head to potholes for Father's day weekend with a friend and fellow father. We both have never been to potholes and have wanted to fish it so we made a weekend of it. Went with the sole purp...
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Potholes
By: slabmaster
Posted: 6/14/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for this past sunday. Will keep this short and simple. fished till about 2pm from boat and off Mar Don dock. Hard work produced one Walleye , one channel, and four 11-12" Crappie. After...
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Potholes
By: niceshot
Posted: 6/12/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This is the slowest I have seen this lake in years. Talked to a lot of guys that are normally on the fish and they say the same thing. I hope it's just a phase but it's SLOW to say the least.
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Potholes
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 6/12/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Potholes launching at the state park. We headed to the crab creek area fishing the “humps” and the only thing we caught was about a million-little green aphid looking bugs that were swarming l...
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Potholes
By: hlindsay
Posted: 6/10/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This is for Monday thru Wednesday morning. We fished Lynn Coulee and medicare in the morning and got nothing. Went into Crab Creek in the afternoon and got one small bass, lost a walleye and got one w...
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Potholes
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 6/5/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Ran a lure test for the OG1 in 1.8" and 2.8" for the rainbows in the Potholes. Primarily fished the eastern shoreline. We ran two rods closer to the surface: 1.5 ounces of trolling weight on one an...
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Potholes
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/30/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived Wednesday morning to a wind storm and a Reservoir that looked more like the Pacific! Waves crashing against the Dam wall and splashing up over the roadway means no launching! Ambient temps...
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Potholes
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/24/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Hit up Lin coolie with the boys and had to travel all the way up into the channel. But I did land three walleye to add to our Moses lake haul from the day before. Thomas and I had a decent morning wit...
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Potholes
By: BadBassIPA
Posted: 5/17/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went camping at potholes for the weekend. We headed out the first day to Crab Creek, but didn't get anything. Headed to the rock pile, no bites. After a few hours of nothing, we headed in. Apparently,...
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Potholes
By: TrackerPro16
Posted: 5/17/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We popped over last weekend and have been camping in the tt and a 12' Porta Bote. Rained Monday but Tuesday I braved occaional showers and wind to fish for Walleye. Only had one good hookup but lost t...
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Potholes
By: hlindsay
Posted: 4/29/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Frenchman's and Linn Coulee on Tue morning with out a hit. Wind on Wednesday did not get out. tried crab creek on Thursday morning with no luck. Fished with bottom bouncers and worm rig or slo...
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Potholes
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 3/27/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Potholes this weekend and the only thing I caught was a cold. There were about 2 dozen walleye boats out and about and I didn’t see anybody catch anything and spoke to 4 boats and they said they...
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Potholes
By: BenCoal
Posted: 3/17/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at around 8am at Lind Coulee. The water in Lind Coulee was very cloudy, so dirty I couldnt see the prop of my motor under the water. We tried trolling worm harnesses and jigging blade baits ...
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Potholes
By: fish1946
Posted: 11/23/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/21/2016
Hot Spots: 3
FOGGY ALL DAY FISHED MEDICARE BEACH AND THE EAST END OF THE DUNES. TROLLED WORMS SMILEY BLADES AND SLOWDEATH HOOKS, ALSO FLICKER SHAD AND RAPALAS. NO FISH AT ALL
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Potholes
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 11/23/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day looking for the elusive walleye only to remain skunked. Tried the usual spots in Crab Creek and Winchester area slow trolling worm harnesses and slow death. Tried blade baiting and some ...
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Potholes
By: kcadwal
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/26/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Where have all the walleye gone ? Fished Potholes today weather was part overcast clearing by mid-day. Water temp at transducer was mid 50's. Got on the water about 7:30 AM and fished the area Nor...
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Potholes
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 10/24/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Gave Potholes a whirl on Saturday morning at 07:00 for some walleye action, only there was no action, we got diddly squat. Started off from the State Park and headed up to the crab creek area through ...
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Potholes
By: CCTMark
Posted: 10/24/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Being it is almost the end of October I decided to give Potholes a try even though the reports have been disheartening. Launched from the DNR launch into a foggy mess and slowly motored over to perch ...
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