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Rock
Rock
By: tomnordman
Posted: 1/27/2013
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We hit Rock Lake again very early in the morning. I have learned from Danny @River Chrome Guide Service to be on the water as the sun is comming up before you get direct sunlight on your spot, because...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: tomnordman
Posted: 1/8/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Roosevelt at dark thirty Saturday morning, got the boat in the water just as the sun started to rise. Trolled pretty fast 3.0 to 3.4 mph using mono line and j-9 rapalas as well as the XRD rap...
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North Fork Stillaguamish River
North Fork Stillaguamish River
By: tomnordman
Posted: 1/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Drove over from Spokane to fish with Danny (owner of River Chrome Guide Service) and was again blessed with a limit of our target fish (steelhead) very early in the day. I cannot say enough about his ...
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Rock
Rock
By: tomnordman
Posted: 10/16/2012
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at sun up and trolled Rapalas on leaded line and a wedding ring on mono with a few small split shots above the swivel. We started getting equal amounts of hits on all of the above with the...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: tomnordman
Posted: 10/5/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Skagit for the 1st time today with Danny from River Chrome Guide Service and what a great day!!! I drove over from Spokane and met up with Danny in the AM hopped in his truck and away we went...
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West Medical
West Medical
By: tomnordman
Posted: 6/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Put the boat in at 4pm, it was raining and really windy but thought what the hay and gave it a try. Got my 1st fish while letting my red blade wedding ring out tipped with worm. while letting my 2nd r...
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Fourth of July
Fourth of July
By: tomnordman
Posted: 1/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake by 8am with three of us, fished worm and power bait combojust off the bottom in about 15ft of water. 3 of us had 2 fish each all over 14inches within 3 hours. ice was about 5 to 6 inches ...
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Waitts
Waitts
By: tomnordman
Posted: 12/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Waitts today after reading a good report from last week and had a great day of catching. The fish are a bit smaller than the ones I am use to from Rock Lk but very healthy with bright red meat. We...
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Rock
Rock
By: tomnordman
Posted: 11/26/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Rock for the second day in a row and hit limits both days with 10 the 1st day and 15 the 2nd day. Caught a few big rainbows as well as good size browns both days. The water temp is 43 degr...
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Williams
Williams
By: tomnordman
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great morning fo opening day. As The other post state the launch was flooded and the concrete pad was well under water but a pair of waders made it good. There were not alot of boats out when we...
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Granite
Granite
By: tomnordman
Posted: 4/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Lived in Spokane my whole life and have known this lake was not the place to go but I saw WDFG releasing Lahotian cuthroat 2 days ago and so I hit it. I do not know why they kept it a secret (releasin...
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Liberty
Liberty
By: tomnordman
Posted: 4/16/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
fished the lake for 4 hours today and cuaght a nice brown and a bass. both fish were caught at the same time just 5 mins in on a rapala floating bait with an orange belly. My buddy hooked up 1st and I...
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Rock
Rock
By: tomnordman
Posted: 4/14/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at 10:30 and fished till 2, the wind was horrible and made for a tough day. Took my brother out and he boated 2 nice bows over 2lbs, I am glad that the 2 fish cuaght were by him as it ...
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Rock
Rock
By: tomnordman
Posted: 3/20/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rock on Sunday pretty windy day but the boat caught limits so it wasn't all bad ha-ha. We found the fish stacked up in one area (after searching all day with only a few bites) and keep working...
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Rock
Rock
By: tomnordman
Posted: 2/26/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rock today for the 1st time. Trolled the left side from the launch to the end..Having no knoledge of this lake we trolled Rapalas J-9 and XR-10 the yellow bellied seem to be the one for the day...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: tomnordman
Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit lake Roosevelt from 10 till 2:30 trolled a trout color rapala and a flouresent green rapala, J-7 and XR-8.I tried many different lures but these were the two that caught fish. My buddy backed out ...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: tomnordman
Posted: 12/29/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 10 this morning at 7 bays, it was windy horrible weather tough drive to get there from Spokane. I went with 2 budies from work and the drive paid off. Thanks to dbrowning (who I met at Ft ...
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Fourth of July
Fourth of July
By: tomnordman
Posted: 12/10/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the lake today around 9am with 3 of my buddies from work. The ice was about 5 inches thick and very smooth. We fished all over the lake with alot of holes dug and did not have a bite all day. ...
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Chapman
Chapman
By: tomnordman
Posted: 10/30/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Chapman for the 1st time this afternoon got there late 3:30 pm. it was cold a little windy and slight rain. having never fished here before I started trolling a red and black double hook w...
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West Medical
West Medical
By: tomnordman
Posted: 6/6/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake around 11 a.m. nice day. I was using wedding rings and 1 pole with flasher setup. The bait was worms and also orange and pink power bait. trolling with 1/2 oz weight and also 2 sp...
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Williams
Williams
By: tomnordman
Posted: 6/3/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Williams this afternoon trolling a charteuse wedding ring and worm, I was using a 1/2oz banana weight on one rod and three splitshots on the other. I caught many fish in a short time all were ...
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Clear
Clear
By: tomnordman
Posted: 5/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to clear lake this afternoon in my boat and trolled with a wedding ring setup and worm on the hook. I trolled around the cliffs as I was advised by a frequent visitor to the lake and landed one ...
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