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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/9/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
LIGHTS OUT!! Took my brother in law Dan out to Loon for some kokanee action last night. We saw the most amazing red sun (from the smoke) on the way up. Rats left my camera home! Got on the lake ...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took fellow Wa Laker Hewesfisher out to Loon for some kokanee action. He had never fished at night for them so this was a whole new experience for him. We met at the launch around 7:30 PM, launched...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/20/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fish Dawg and the Fish princess arrived Saturday afternoon for the much anticipated Loon Lake kokanee night fish expedition. We visited and enjoyed dinner and a cold one after their HOT trip over fro...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/12/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Sure love fishing at at night during July! Got on the water with my brother in law Dan just before dark and motored down to the Granite Point end of the lake. Lots of rigs in the parking lot, seems l...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
What a great night! I took my son inlaw to Loon for some kokanee action. He had not fished in at least 30 years; didn't know what he was missing! This is a picture of his first ever kokanee, the g...
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19 - Spokane Confluence to Lake Roosevelt North End
19 - Spokane Confluence to Lake Roosevelt North End
By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/30/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at Kettle Falls on Thursday the 19th for the annual Mens Retreat. We camped at the Locust Grove group campsite. There were about 65 men and a dozen boats or so. Not every one fishes but...
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Hayden
Hayden
By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/8/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I and friend Scott fished Hayden for the first time (mine). We got a late start because Scott had to get a fishing license at WM. First step was to find somebody who knew how to sell it to him. S...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/1/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Many of you have been asking about Loon and if the night fishing has started yet. Well I can tell you for sure it has! My son and his family were over from the West Side this weekend and I wanted ...
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Pend Oreille
Pend Oreille
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went with a group of guys from our church to fish for Kamloop Rainbow Trout at Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho. The ten of us fished on a Charter. What a unique experience. Captain Ken is a great guid...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Drove up to the Mill Bay launch, what a nice facility. Paid the ten bucks to launch and park, boy was the wind blowing! Put the boat in and about got beat to death; be sure to put on the bumpers as ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2014
Hot Spots: 1
What a trip! Headed out Thursday PM for the Washington Lakes get together and camp out. Stayed in Wenatchee at the Walmart parking lot camp area; beautiful and lots of pavement to park on! Up early ...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 3/9/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I live out at Nine Mile and the water going over the dam has been pure mud! We decided to launch at 7 Bays and fish down river instead of the confluence like we have been doing. As we approached 7 B...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 3/1/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Nice to see the WL site back up; thanks Mike and team. The weather reports didn't look so good for this weekend and for that matter Friday either. It was supposed to be cloudy with wind picking u...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 2/1/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Friday and Saturday. We launched out of Seven Bays Friday morning and started trolling in the bay as you come out of the launch area. The water was calm, too calm. I like some cho...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/22/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We left Spokane about 7:30 in the fog and ended up following a car all the way to Davenport at 40 mph...long trip since it wasn't that foggy in the daylight. Launched at Fort Spokane; ramp was in gre...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Finally was able to get son in law and grandson out to Roosevelt for some of the great fall/winter trout fishing. Left Spokane at 7:00 am and drove down on great roads. Only frost was in shaded area...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 12/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
WOW what a day! We launched out of Seven Bays and started trolling just out of the bay about 9:00 this morning. The drive down was not too bad with ice and fog only in some limited spots along the w...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 11/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Brrrr...cold morning 13 degrees when we left home. Roads were good and hopes were high for another day of fast fishing at Roosevelt. Put in at Ft Spokane; the launch was icy to say the least. I thi...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 11/16/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day at Roosevelt. Got to sleep in this morning and it was after 10 when we got to Ft Spokane and put the boat in. Great trip no snow! I had a friend along named Lloyd who is 86 year...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: downriggeral
Posted: 10/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Left Spokane at 6:00AM in the FOG. Slow going and didn't get out of it until we were almost to Fort Spokane. Started trolling a mudler and a Frisky Jenny Trick Er Treat on three colors lead at 2 mph...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/18/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the 5th through the 15th for King salmon at the mouth of the Deschutes on the Columbia. We found the fishery to be a mixed bag of success for us trollers. We fished a variety of Brads S...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/24/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Oh boy....got a late start and left the lantern in the truck to boot. Got started about 9:30; an hour late. Glad we launched close at to the resort. Ended with 20 caught on corn and maggots in 35' ...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went Kokanee night fishing last night. Returned to 34 feet deep from last weeks foray into the 40' depth. Fishing was really hot from 9:30 to 10:30 pm. Then the lite breeze changed to no wind and t...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Night fished Loon last night for kokanee. Nice night after all of the storms the last few days. Set up on the south end of the lake at 40' hoping to increase the size according to one WL member. No...
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Loon
Loon
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/27/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great night at Loon last night for kokanee. Had our limit (20) by 10:45 PM. They were 11 to 12 inches, nice and fat. Fished the south end 32/34' feet deep with glow hooks baited with magg...
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