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Sprague
Sprague
By: rwl
Posted: 3/19/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Heard the ice was off of sprague so decided to scout it. water is at least a foot higher than normal. Vis is less than one foot. Not a lot of debris in the water. Water temp was 46 on the east end o...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 2/17/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had to take advantage of the nice weather for the first fishing since November. Starter battery was dead so used the trolling motor and trolled up about 1/3 then back to the launch, in at about noo...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 9/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Tried Rock lake to see what was biting. The planted steelhead are definitely still around and running about 16 inches and fight hard for their size with some aerial displays. Also caught a couple of p...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 1/26/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Probably a lot of people already know about this judging by the number of shore fishermen and boats. There are many planted steelhead that are very cooperative right now. Trolled south end of the lak...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: rwl
Posted: 10/24/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Was planning on fishing for smallmouth bass, so was twitching jerkbaits against the riprap along O'sullivan dam. But half of the fish were walleye (first time catching) and it was on fire for about th...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: rwl
Posted: 9/20/2015
Species: Albacore Tuna
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Did a second albacore trip of the summer on a 2 day charter out of Westport. Weather was good. As soon as the troll rods went out 5 of them hooked up and we ended up doing 2 bait stops that landed ab...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 4/12/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Rated a 4 because it was just an exploratory trip and I wasn't hoping for much. Water is down about 3 feet and the gaps between the messed up concrete blocks of the wawawai launch were a little challe...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 10/12/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I'm giving this a 4 since the fish seemed to be a little bigger on average than normal. Haven't been to rock lake since the spring, went to see what the prospects are. several bank fisherpeople, abo...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 6/19/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of wawawai from 4-7. Breezy at first, then died down around 6. Water temps ranged from 58 to 63. Nothing in particular seemed to be preferred. Caught several smaller bass (10-11 inch) at a ...
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Fourth of July
Fourth of July
By: rwl
Posted: 3/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from about 2-6. Launched small boat and it was really shallow until halfway to the narrows, too shallow to use the trolling motor. fished around the narrows and a bit farther down. Was not mar...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 3/4/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided since it wasn't raining to head out to rock lake. Fished from 12-4, water temp 35, air temp 45. No joy trolling with mono or leadcore, or throwing spinners and cranks. Fished the south end. ...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 1/15/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided with the warm weather to give Rock Lake a try. Did some trolling in the south end. Water temp was about 39. Cloudless sky and bright, hardly any wind, water was glassy, probably not the best ...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: rwl
Posted: 11/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Sprague has been pretty good these last few weeks. Largest today was 3 pounds 13 oz and 21 inches. Trolling small crankbaits at 1.6 to 2.0 mph on mono about 150 feet out. Fish have seemed to be concen...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 5/16/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Been trying on and off for the last few weeks. Water temp has been stubbornly not getting above 55. It has been hard to find fish. Tried for a couple of hours this afternoon. there was a nice breez...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Rock lake is really muddy. Surface temp was around 55 with hardly any wind today. There was some surface splashes not sure if they were carp. Fair amount of floating algae. Got bit a few times on c...
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Fourth of July
Fourth of July
By: rwl
Posted: 12/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to 4th of July Lake at about noon and fished for 3 hours. There was some thin ice along some of the shoreline and across the first narrow part, with a channel broken through it that boaters were u...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 7/15/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Wawawai from 5-8 pm. Fish have been consistently cooperative, but mostly small in the 8-10 inch range. C&R'd 4 in the 1-2 lb range on senkos, plus about 20 dinks. Definitely nice out on ...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rock Lake from around 12 to 3:30. Overall fishing was slow, but there were a couple of interesting things. Water is getting pretty clear, surface temp was around 72, water level has come down a...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 6/25/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Wawawai from 3-6, water was muddy, vis less than 1 ft, water temps were around 60. Lots of floating debris on the water. Barely any wind, nice sunny day. Caught several on a chartreus...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 6/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 4-8 pm in the south end of the lake. Hardly any wind. Still quite a lot of floating algae. Water clarity was moderately clear. Water temp ranged from 52-56 mainly, with one spot that was ...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 5/25/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
water very muddy compared with two days ago. lots of debris in the water. Vis 1 foot or less. Bummer, just when the bass seemed to have started biting...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 5/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for smallmouth on the Snake today downstream from Clarkston. Wasn't sure if things would be blown out after all the recent flows. Lots of debris in the water, but it wasn't terribly murky. Fi...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 5/10/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 4:30-7:30. Water temps ranged from 56 to 49, light wind. Starting to look promising. C&Rd 3 small males, and a 15 or so inch female. All on a crawfish crankbait fished near the shore. W...
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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge
By: rwl
Posted: 4/16/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the snake from about 9:30 to noon to see if there were any smallmouth bass willing to cooperate. Water was off-color and greenish, temperatures ranged from 46 to 47. No hits, saw a couple of...
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Rock
Rock
By: rwl
Posted: 4/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8 to noon, water is high and turbid. Picked up one small brown trolling a rainbow trout rapala and a few rainbows/browns casting the same rapala and a gold/orange husky jerk. There were so...
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