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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/19/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Where did they go? Al and I returned to Sprague today with high expectations after great trips there the last two weeks. Lines were in the water by 7:15 and the first fish was on 3 minutes later on ...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/15/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The normal suspects had lines in the water by 7:00 this morning. We returned to an area mid lake where we found fish last week. I had a fish on a pink #7 flickershad before I could get a second line...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 10/23/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Sprague Lake for the first time this fall. We were happy to see the dock still in at the SW launch. We had lines in the water by 7:30 on the East end. My perch Kekeda fly had a hi...
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Banks
Banks
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/24/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The normal trio arrived at Coulee City this morning to find a strong NW wind howling and good sized rollers and whitecaps. We headed north by road and found the wind equally strong at the Northrup Ca...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/3/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
A friend fished the north end yesterday and did very well. There were a lot of boats and he witnessed some boat rage. The normal trio headed to the south end and we saw only a few boats all morning....
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 4/27/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Al figured the IRS would be too busy processing tax forms to have any agents in the field so he ventured out in public yesterday. We headed north from Blue Heron launch and had lines in the water at ...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 4/9/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/9/2018
Hot Spots: 0
They moved! CF and I launched at Blue Heron Park and headed out a short way to the same area where the eyes were 3 days ago. The lake has risen to nearly full and consequently I think the fish mov...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 4/6/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
With more calls from the IRS coming in, Al felt it was time to hit the mattresses and go in to hiding. I had not realized the amount of stress there was in the boat while harboring a fugitive. Fortun...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 4/3/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio hit Moses Lake this morning after a couple of nonproductive trips the last 2 weeks. It was the first time I have ever fished with a known fugitive of the law. It appears the IRS conta...
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17 - Rufus Woods
17 - Rufus Woods
By: fishindoc
Posted: 3/12/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
No Al and no big fish. The boat's first return to Rufus after Al's 18-10 fish last month. CF and I had lines in the water by 7:15 with good current on Nespelum Bar. A beautiful sunny day was the ...
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Rock
Rock
By: fishindoc
Posted: 2/20/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We decided a couple of days ago to try Rock Lake for the first time and began hearing about basalt columns just under the surface in multiple locations throughout the lake. We checked out all the sour...
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17 - Rufus Woods
17 - Rufus Woods
By: fishindoc
Posted: 2/13/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
It was time to give Rufus Woods another go after a couple of poor outings in December and January. Al and I launched at Seton Grove and had lines in the water at 7:30 near the upper net pens. We had...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: fishindoc
Posted: 1/8/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Al was able to rejoin the trio today after getting his medical release. We decided to stay closer to home and headed to Potholes in search of Walleyes. Launched at MarDon and headed to the humps and...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: fishindoc
Posted: 1/2/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Blame it on the Super Moon. CF and I had big expectations as we headed to Keller Ferry to initiate our 2018 fishing season this morning. When we arrived at the launch we found it covered with sno...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My son Cullen joined the normal suspects for an outing to Sprague this morning in the rain. It took about 15 minutes for the first rod to double over. After a nice fight a solid 24" RBT was netted a...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was back to the usual trio today. Fortunately the forcasted fog cleared by the time we reached Sprague Lake but the road was quite frosted the last 15 miles to the launch. We had our lines fishin...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
A stomach virus got my fishing partner this morning so I headed to Sprague solo today. I decided to try the unimproved launch on the SE corner of the lake. Fortunately another fisherman ahead of me s...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/1/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed to Sprague today. I was glad to have the canvas and heater as we saw a low of 21* enroute. We had 5 lines in the water by 8:00, 2 off a planer board and 3 long lined out the bac...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 10/16/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Sprague today hoping that the cooler weather would improve the fishing after getting skunked there a couple of months ago. We had lines in the water by 7:30 and within 20 minutes we were re...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: fishindoc
Posted: 10/3/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I launched at Mardon's this morning and headed to the humps south of the dunes. We started with bottom bouncers and slow death rigs and initially got a couple of bullheads. We switched to #9 ...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/30/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I headed down to Potholes with low expectations but hoped to find a couple big rainbows and some walleyes. Started trolling #9 Flickershads in 20 FOW east of Goose Island with no takers. Switched t...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: fishindoc
Posted: 7/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I ventured to Potholes this morning hoping to ambush some trout or walleyes. We had 3 sizes of flickershads in the water by 5:30 AM. We trolled off the west side in 20-24 FOW and had a small tr...
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Banks
Banks
By: fishindoc
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Persistence sometimes pays off. CF, Al and I headed to Banks for the first time this year. We launched at Coulee City and started on the East side flats pulling crank baits but only found weeds. He...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/22/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was a beautiful morning on the water. My wife snapped a photo of CF and I as we passed by my condo headed north. We trolled our normal slow death rigs for an hour near the eagles nest with a coup...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/18/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My wife consented to chase walleyes today as long as we went out for breakfast first and waited until it warmed up a bit, neither condition unreasonable. We headed to the north end noting boats scatt...
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