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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Lind is not very productive right now. Your best bet for walleye is the dunes. Try trolling a worm harness behind a bottom bouncer in 12 to 15 feet of water, especially along weed lines. The bite i...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/4/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/4/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at 5:00am started fishing dam got a good looking eye about three pounds that was all I got that day trolled for trout with blades and a fly for the rest of the day with no luck next t...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to troll for Walleye and Trout but weather conditions were poor. Very windy and cold. Only got one bite. Not many people stuck with it as the wind never let up. Easier to sit in the camper...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/20/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/20/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Potholes and some surrounding lakes on Sat. Didn't see anyone even get a bite including myself. Might be a different story when weather and lakes warm up a bit. (Word to the WISE. T...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/28/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/28/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for about 5 hours on Saturday. North end of the reservoir is still frozen. A lot of boats out on the water. Caught one 4 pound walleye and one 3 pound smallie on jigs just east of Mardon alo...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/4/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/4/2003
Hot Spots: 0
If you are looking for a leisurely winter fishing trip, try Medicare Beach at Potholes. Although you might not fill up the stringer, the size will make up the difference. I fished Sat. afternoon/eve...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/23/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/23/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8:00 am to 3:00 PM Caught many, many, Walleye, 2 Bass, one of each flavor, small and large mouth. Lot's of keepers in the walleye department. They are really hot for my secret lure I li...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/4/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Hey Brook, just got your phone messages from the preceding weekend, sorry but not to sorry I missed them as my phone is useless at the "Hole". I spent the weekend over at Potholes for a final late sum...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/27/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Went to MarDon and fished Potholes with the Grand kids. We only fished 2 hours a day and I let each kid keep one. We had three Walleye between 9lb.4 oz. and 7 lbs. and two bass over 20 inches. No w...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Bad weekend for the Pothole. Big "fishing contest" was going on Saturday. Lots of crazies roaring around at 80 mph in bass boats. Temperature was very high, wind was very high, and fishing was very ...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
we were on the potholes water at sunrise, ran north, and started fishing well into the west-side dunes. channels between the dunes are easily discernable now, as the annual irrigation drawdown is wel...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all over the lake all summer and found it to be very slow for all types of fish. The people at Mardon Resort blamed it on the low water and warm temperatures. I think that's a lot of bull. I f...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/14/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled nightcrawler on spinners for walleye. It was the best fishing I have had for years. Fish were caught in the mouth of Crab Creek in 14 feet of water. Caught a few nice fish, too. Brought home a...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the main lake from about 12:30 - 6:00pm. The guy at the store said the limits of walleye were being taken between Goose Island and the face of the dam. He was also kind enough to tell us what ...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2003
Hot Spots: 0
At O'sullivan Dam, at the face of the dam, you can catch big smallmouth and largemouth bass by using "Gitzit" motor oil and pepper tube skirts. I caught many smallies and a few largemouth bass over f...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Well I drove 180 miles one way to fish Potholes today. It was kinda sunny Friday evening, I didn't fish then though. Saturday morning it was cold, windy and not very good. I fished the dunes for ba...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I went over to MarDon for a few days of fishing. My friends and I probably caught over 300 fish while we were there, we just sat right on the dock catching trout after trout on every cast. We got t...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/17/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Went to MarDon... Left home at 2:30 AM, got there at 6 (I live in Enumclaw), and was disappointed.. The 150k fish they just released were like, 6 inches long. Fun for little kids I guess, but I was ...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/11/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/11/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Ahhhh, yes, as the ‘sons of the pioneers’ sing it, “they call the wind MARIAH.” and she won today on potholes. while forecast at 5 to 15, 15 was more like it, starting at daybreak from the southeast, ...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/20/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
It was pretty good when I went and blade baits work well this time of year. Me and my dad went and threw some topwater in the morning for any bass that might be hungry just a few nibbles from some ...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/16/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 11/16/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing at it's best. Look for areas in the 10 - 15 foot range. The fish are hitting hard on crank baits with perch pattern between 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Lots of fish over 6 lbs. have been ...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/12/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the weekend at Mardon Resort to avoid the cold nights. Fished the dock at night with marginal success. Three Rainbows in 4 hours of cold temps with one 4lb using a slip bobber with a crawler/p...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/12/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/12/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I FISHED TWO DAYS AT POTHOLES RESERVOIR WITH MY TWO SONS BRIAN AND ERIC. FISHING WAS A LITTLE SLOW. I CAUGHT A 2 LB. 7 OUNCE TROUT. BRIAN CAUGHT A 2 LB. 11 OUNCE SMALLMOUTH BASS OFF THE MARDON DOCK. E...
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/24/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 9/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try fishing the Mar Don's Dock that sound so good on their web page. Fished from 5:00 PM to sun down. Not a bite, nor did I see any caught.
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Potholes
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2002
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I left Auburn at 0500 on the morning of Friday the 13th 2002. We arrived at the Lind Coulee launch at the Potholes at about 0915 and by 0930 had arrived at the fishing fleet around Goose I...
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