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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/11/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I went searching for walleyes today. We unfortunately decided to try the south end first and 90 minutes yielded a single catfish. We headed to the north end and there were 5 boats in the area a...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 5/4/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Al, CF and I made our first Moses Lake walleye outing for 2017. We started at the North end and picked up two 19" fish in 2 hours and never saw another fish caught by the dozen other boats. We worke...
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17 - Rufus Woods
17 - Rufus Woods
By: fishindoc
Posted: 2/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I went for a long truck ride today. There was 3-4 inches of ice for at least 100 feet in front of the launch at Seton Grove. We checked the unimproved launch below the first net pens. From th...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: fishindoc
Posted: 2/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed north this morning with the temperature 10*. Fortunately the roads were clear and dry, a marked improvement from 3 weeks ago when we were busting snow drifts. We arrived at Spr...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The trip to Keller this morning was unique. The normal trio left home with the temp 25*. Near Soap Lake the wind was blowing and it was 40*. An hour later at Wilbur it was -3*. 20* at Keller alm...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/26/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ouch! The good news is that the ice was10+ inches. The bad news is the fishing was tough, tough. 1 bite and 1 perch in 4 hours. Only a handful of fish caught that I saw caught by 50+ people.
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed back to Sprague with high hopes again. It was a chilly 18' as we pulled into the launch with no ice on the water. Water temps 34.5-38.4 today so with the forecast the ice will be the...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife has been pretty understanding. I keep telling her Sprague is going to freeze over soon so I only have 1 or 2 trips left until ice keeps me home. Al and I made our third trip there this week....
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The number of fish we boated the last 4 trips to Sprague had increased each time so it was inevitable that a decline was coming our way. It doesn't mean we willing accepted it and we tried hard to cr...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/28/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Adhering to the rule, don't leave fish to find fish, the trio returned to Sprague. Fortunately the wind was not bad today and we found the fish in a biting mood immediately. We offered rippin minnow...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/22/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Sprague without Al today. We had lines in the water by 7:30 and trolled Kekada perch flies and perch rippin minnows on the west end of the lake. Last week we killed them in the s...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed to Sprague again with optimism despite the weather forecast. The wind was present on our arrival and with the temp 28 it was brisk on the water. We offered perch Kekeda flies, ...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed back to Sprague after a decent day there Tuesday. I commented on the lack of forecasted wind on the drive over only to find big whitecaps on our arrival. Started out with a quick fis...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/8/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It has been a long time since we fished Sprague Lake and decided to give it a try this morning. The new dock was pulled from the SW launch but looks like a great addition. We started pulling rippin ...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/4/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Catfish, Al and I headed to Keller this morning, a couple of weeks earlier than we usual start our winter trips to Roosevelt. Temps in the 40's not what we are used to while launching. Started below...
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Deep
Deep
By: fishindoc
Posted: 9/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I bribed my wife to go fishing by taking her out to breakfast at a reasonable hour and arrived ant the launch at 11:00 AM. There were three boats already on the water which was 3 more than we ever s...
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Deep
Deep
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to try a doubleheader today. The forecast was for increasing wind today so we planned to fish for Kokanee at Deep Lake followed by Walleye at Banks. There were big whitecaps at Blue Lake ...
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Banks
Banks
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/11/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed north this morning with our wives instead of CF, our usual fishing partner. There was much more chatter coming from the back seat instead of the normal snoring we were used to hearing...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After a 3 week road trip I was in serious need of bonding time with my Lund. With the usual suspects we headed to Keller this morning. Encountered a family of 4 raccoons that almost met their demise...
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Banks
Banks
By: fishindoc
Posted: 7/9/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I bribed my wife with breakfast if she would go walleye fishing yesterday. I think it was making sure we had enough fillets in the freezer that sealed the deal. We launched at Coulee City and were p...
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Banks
Banks
By: fishindoc
Posted: 6/14/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
First trip to Banks this year. Launched at Coulee City with the usual suspects at 7:15. There were several boats working just outside the launch area but we headed further north and worked some hump...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: fishindoc
Posted: 6/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out early with Al and CF to Spring Canyon. While getting the boat ready to launch I realized I left my downriggers in my garage. We all wondered if this was an omen of things to come. I wasn...
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Moses
Moses
By: fishindoc
Posted: 4/14/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After getting a couple of good reports CF and I headed to the North end. CF had his lines in water by 6:30 and had 2 fish before I got my lines in. The bite was very good with 11 eyes and a 14 inch c...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/28/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Keller Ferry this AM with an inch of overnight snow on the roads and intermittent spitting the entire way. I resisted my innate urge to go fast and it took an extra 20-30 minutes f...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/12/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I introduced Bob to the Great Lake Roosevelt Fishery. We had an unposted report about Kokanee out of Spring Canyon earlier this week so we headed there rather than Keller were we had done well...
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