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By: Part-Time
Posted: 11/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Guppy handled the water but the fish pretty muchly handled us. My son and I went down to Keller hoping to do even better than I had on my trip the end of October but alas those pesky devils seemed...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 11/1/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Yet another tale from the voyages of the Tin Guppy, Well things finally worked out to do something I have wanted to do since I got the Guppy 2 years ago. We were able to get the trailer and the boa...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This a pretty late report and a combo to boot but I had trouble getting my photos downloaded and they aren't all that great anyway. Last Friday my friend Ron came over from Helena to buy a travel tra...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 7/20/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Yet another episode in the continuing saga of the voyages of the Tin Guppy. My buddy Wes and I finally got a day we could head out and rehydrate the boat, it was starting to shrivel up out in the sh...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 6/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Going to keep this report short or it will just turn into whining and sniveling. The wife went with me down to Keller and I was really hoping to have her land a couple of nice Kokanee but I just seeme...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 6/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I guess it was just meant to be one of those "Any day fishing is better than a day at work" sort of a days. Had a beautiful drive from the Spokane Valley down to Spring Canyon, the rising sun on the f...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 5/7/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My first trip down to Roosevelt for Kokanee in a while and my first trip as an official retired guy. Wasn't really the trip I hoped for but that does happen and maybe I am getting greedy. Lines in the...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 4/16/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Porcupine with a couple of buddies from work and headed up river for my first ever dedicated Walleye trip. Have caught a few Walleye in the past but more by accident than design. We ha...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 3/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well it was another great idea but not such a great plan. Waited for my buddy Wes to get off graveyard shift and we drove down to Lincoln with the thought to run the Guppy down to Keller. Took us arou...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 2/27/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It looked like it was just going to be a nice day on the water but just after noon it got a little better. The wife and I took the 2 Grandkids down to Spring Canyon yesterday and while it was a beaut...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 2/20/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It's taken a little while to get up the courage to make this report for Thursday, what can you say? Zipity doo daa zippty ya we didn't get a bite the whole long day. Long time friend Ron from Helena...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 2/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Humbled. That pretty much sums up 2 1/2 days of fishing at Keller and Spring Canyon. While we didn't get skunked on any day and we didn't spill the worms or any coffee in the boat it's hard to call 9 ...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 2/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Last time I came to Keller we had to release several Kokanee, today we couldn't find one. Marked some fish just below Keller in 60 FOW but not much bite wise. On the water at 8 , fished till 4 and put...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 1/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a change from last Saturday. Long time friend John from Columbia Falls Mt. came over and we got down to Keller around 8 AM. We got our lines in the water just outside the launch and slightly down...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 1/10/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Sometime you're the Louisville slugger, sometimes your're the ball. We had rods in the water around 8:20 just below Keller, doubled up with 2 nice Kokes in the first 20 minutes and then Les got a nice...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 12/31/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The last installment for 2015 in the continuing saga of the Voyages of the Tin Guppy. Once again the Lord has seen fit to treat this old sinner far better than I deserve and thanks to fishindoc and ...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 12/7/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well Sunday was a pretty decent day of fishing for the Tracht Outfit. The Tin Guppy was crewed by 3 generations of us and we all got fish. First time for the Grandson in the boat, he is usually tied u...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 10/31/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Long time friend Jim came over from Vancouver and we went back to Keller. Started fishing around 9 AM and it was really slow until early afternoon. We marked fish all day but they didn't hit much unti...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 10/24/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The wife and I drove down to Keller and launched around 10 AM. About 5 minutes after I got the first line down I had a nice chucky 17" in the boat. After that it got a little slower but we were gettin...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 10/22/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My son took the day off and we headed down to Lincoln. We didn't get lines in the water until after 9 AM near A Rock. Fished from there down to Sterling Point and had a few hits and put a Small Mouth ...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 8/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Long time friend Jim Ferguson came over from Vancouver and we targeted Kokanee out of Lincoln near Sterling Point on Thursday and Friday. Got a late start on Thursday and didn't get our lines in until...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 3/14/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The Tin-Guppy rides again, but not to much glory. This report actually covers from 3/7-3/11. Long time friend Jim came over from Vancouver and we stayed at Grand Coulee for a much need break from the ...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 2/17/2015
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
On a bit of a spur of the moment decison friend Tom and I took the Tin-Guppy and headed for Rock Lake for our first visit. As reported by others the launch was interesting but actually pretty decent a...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 1/25/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
2nd Installment in the continuing saga of the voyages of the Tin Guppy. Son Sam and I took the Guppy to Keller Ferry, first time trip for either of us. When the sign says 10 on a corner it means GO S...
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By: Part-Time
Posted: 1/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This my first report and right off I would like to thank everyone else that has posted. Your reports have helped me get off to a good start to a new type of fishing for me. In the past I have just fis...
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