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Yakima River
Yakima River
By: tluedeke
Posted: 5/30/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Took the boat out Saturday evening because many people had been telling me how fantastic the mouth of the Yakima was for channel cats. At first, I got a bit lost in the Yakima Delta, having turned in...
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I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
By: tluedeke
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Per my last report, I got up early on Saturday, and headed to I82 Pond #6. This time with my wet suit, mask, flippers, goggles, and the intent to recover my St. Croix rod + Shimano Stradic reel that ...
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I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
By: tluedeke
Posted: 5/10/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had to to really struggle with where to go on my day off to fish. I finally decided to go to one of my favorites, I82 Pond #6, to try for perch, crappie, bluegill, or whatever. Immediately got a...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Carp
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to Scooteney at the last minute, after moping around all weekend (being annoyed at the wind and the crappy spiny ray fishing). The carp were in there really thick - I shot until my arm was ti...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 5/4/2013
Species: Carp
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Little after work carp shooting. The carp shooting was great, my shooting ... not so much. New array has a tight nock and really caused some problems. The water was pretty high, meaning the fish we...
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Phillips Reservoir
Phillips Reservoir
By: tluedeke
Posted: 4/12/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Based upon feedback from ODFW (who trap perch on this reservoir because ostensibly their populations are so out of control), I took a day off and went down there to try and catch the spawn. It was ho...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 4/5/2013
Species: Carp
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went up after work to the upper end of Scooteney to staple some carp with the bow, based upon my previous observation on the higher water levels running through the irrigation system. Not a disappoi...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Have to admit, I really didn't fish much at all - mostly wanted to wet-test a boat inherited from my grandfather, and one that has been sitting around for 13+ years unused. Took it out ostensibly on ...
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I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
By: tluedeke
Posted: 3/9/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to I-82 Pond #6 in an attempt to hit the pre-spawn crappie and perch. Marked a lot of fish, particularly on the south side of the island and on the east side of the lake. The fish were mostly i...
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Fish
Fish
By: tluedeke
Posted: 2/10/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Fish Lake, getting there around noon, targeting yellow perch. Never fished this lake before, so wasn't sure where to go. Punched a fair number of holes before finding the spot. Perch were b...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 12/1/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I'd go up and take a look at my carp-sticking spot on Scootney, for the lack of anything better to do. I was rather shocked to see my usual spot probably 6-8' above the water level. Usually ...
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I-82 Pond 4
I-82 Pond 4
By: tluedeke
Posted: 11/24/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took a whack at I-82 Pond #4 this afternoon (for the first time), hoping to find some perch, bluegill, or crappie. Had my pontoon boat out, and rather thoroughly search the pond. There were definite...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: tluedeke
Posted: 11/22/2012
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Utterly lost and confused. Always viewed meself as a decent analytical fisherman, but this is by *far* the hardest fishing I've ever done. OK. Went out for the second time, based upon a marginal r...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: tluedeke
Posted: 11/17/2012
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What an amazing waste of a morning. Went up to the bars down below Vernita. Quite a few fisherman, probably 25. Used pink and red egg patterns, tipped with those fake maggots baits, on a leader ~15...
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I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
By: tluedeke
Posted: 9/2/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing I-82 Buena Pond for bluegill, perch, and catfish. It was really awful - I tried trolling mini-crawler harnesses with a bottom bouncer, jigs under a bobber, chicken livers on the bottom, and c...
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I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
By: tluedeke
Posted: 8/18/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
On the suggestion of jigmeister (and fishinchristian), I revisited the I-82 ponds, this time in my new pontoon boat for far superior access. Targeted bluegill specifically, but was also curious what ...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 7/21/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Given my lack of success recently on catfish and spiny rays, I decided to fall back on stapling carp on Scootney. Wasn't bad, but the unusually deep water in my spot (standing hamstring deep) and the...
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Wallula
Wallula
By: tluedeke
Posted: 7/15/2012
Species: Catfish
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went down by Finley to try and scrounge up a channel cat. Fished carp meat chunks on the bottom, and threw out additional chunks to try and get a scent line going. Fished between 8:30 pm and 11:30 p...
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Black
Black
By: tluedeke
Posted: 7/4/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Black Lake (Adams County) used to be a pretty nice spiny ray lake 10 years ago, particularly for bluegill and yellow perch (and the bluegills of nice size). Not sure what happened to it. After getti...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 7/3/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Drowning my I-82 Pond #4 bluegill bad experience by trying to whack a few carp with the bow at the upper end of Scootney Reservoir. Got there late (~4:00 pm) and it was windy - seeing the fish was di...
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I-82 Pond 4
I-82 Pond 4
By: tluedeke
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First time to the I-82 ponds, and will probably be my last. It was horrible. The shore access was poor, as the Russian olive trees have created an impenetrable thicket in most places around the peri...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to exercise my new bow on Scootney, on the upper end. Place is swarming with carp. Came away with ~13. A bit difficult in some places because they are muddying up the water - foul things. ...
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Scootney
Scootney
By: tluedeke
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Scooteny, because I was too cheap and annoyed to burn gasoline (at $4.20 a gallon) going up to the Columbia Basin. Went to a special spot at the upper end of Scootney Reservoir, in the hopes o...
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Moses
Moses
By: tluedeke
Posted: 3/18/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Kept hearing about people hitting the perch spawn via the I90 bridge on Moses Lake, near the state park. I happened to be driving through there, with my rod in the car, and thought I'd stop and put a...
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Eloika
Eloika
By: tluedeke
Posted: 3/16/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Eloika Lake to try and target yellow perch. Got to the lake late on 1-March, talk to somebody who said he'd caught something like 70 perch in four hours, half of which were keepers. I went o...
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