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Chelan
Chelan
By: beerman1981
Posted: 9/14/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing with four other family members for the first time at Lake Chelan. Since we do not have a boat with downriggers, we booked a charter with Darrell and Dad's guide service. First, let me...
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Dog
Dog
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Since it is my week off, I decided I needed to sneak in another trip to Dog Lake in between trips to Seattle. I knocked them dead today. I caught my limit in very little time (under an hour). I was...
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Dog
Dog
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2008
Hot Spots: 1
I FINALLY went to Dog Lake this year. It was a great day. I had my limit fairly fast (a couple hours). I was fishing along the highway 12 side of the lake, using pink power eggs. I caught four sto...
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Rotary
Rotary
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/19/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I figured out the way to not getting my car broken in at this lake -- ride a bicycle. I pumped up my tires and wiped off the layer of dirt accumulated over the winter and spring on my bike and jumped...
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Rotary
Rotary
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I lied. In my previous report I said it would be a while before I went back to this pond. But, when you have a pond four minutes from your house, and it's a nice day, it's very tempting to thr...
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Rotary
Rotary
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/13/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Seeing that I live two miles away from Rotary Lake, I figured I would give this lake a shot tonight. I have heard that there are some nice largemouths in this body of water. I arrived around 8 pm, o...
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Clear
Clear
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/11/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
They have stocked clear like several times already (and the total count is getting close to twenty thousand fish released), so I headed to this beautiful lake again. It was cold and windy... and did...
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Clear
Clear
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I played hookie today from work to go fishing (well actually I took a personal holiday). Initially I headed to Dog Lake, to check on the ice situation. It is finally thawed and fish-able, however, a...
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McCabe
McCabe
By: beerman1981
Posted: 5/28/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing woodhouse ponds, I went to McCabe to relax and see if I could catch a trout or two. I used a size 8 hook, and tried an array of power eggs (orange, yellow, green). I used a decent size...
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Wood House Loop Ponds
Wood House Loop Ponds
By: beerman1981
Posted: 5/28/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Woodhouse again in search of some Largemouth. I fished the same ponds as in my other two posts in this series of ponds. It was difficult fishing with a jig and grub -- these little ponds a...
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Wood House Loop Ponds
Wood House Loop Ponds
By: beerman1981
Posted: 5/7/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
A gave this a three star rating, because any day where you can catch a four pound (nineteen inch) bass is a great day, at least for me. I went out to woodhouse loop ponds again, and fished the same...
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Wood House Loop Ponds
Wood House Loop Ponds
By: beerman1981
Posted: 4/30/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
It was my day off, so I decided I would try a new fishing destination. I headed to Ellensburg and fished Woodhouse Loop Ponds. These ponds are pretty easy to find, and several of them are right alon...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: beerman1981
Posted: 4/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Today was my first attempt at Rufus Woods Lake. I left Yakima and drove 170 miles through rain, wind, downpours and more rain. I had heard that the net pens were tricky to find, and that is true. O...
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Wenas
Wenas
By: beerman1981
Posted: 4/13/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
So here is the deal with Lake Wenas. Due to a conflict between the Fish and Wildlife department, Wenas is no longer going to be planted with fish, at least this year. If you are interested, the stor...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: beerman1981
Posted: 4/6/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 0
Fished: 4/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
It had been a while since I wet a line, so I headed to my "secret lake" to catch some Largemouth. As always, the lake completely paid off. I caught and released six nice largemouths in total. The a...
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Snake River
Snake River
By: beerman1981
Posted: 9/12/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I went skiing on the Snake River, and while not skiing or wakeboarding, I was in my lawn chair with pole in my hand. Usually I throw grubs or various other lures on the Snake for bass, but I felt laz...
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Dog
Dog
By: beerman1981
Posted: 8/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
It was a pleasant day on Dog Lake today. There was not a cloud in the sky and the temperature was about 75-80 degrees -- perfect for a day of relaxing on one of my favorite fishing spots. Apparently...
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Tim's Pond
Tim's Pond
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I still. have yet to catch a trout out of this pond. I think it must get fished out fairly soon after the WDFW stocks it because there are always people fishing it. That said, after having no succes...
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Dog
Dog
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I hadn't been up to Dog Lake in about three weeks on account of the massive mosquitos, but today they were pretty much non existent, thanks to a nice breeze that lasted all day. I headed up to the la...
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Seeps Lakes
Seeps Lakes
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/11/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I drove into the seep lakes area on Monday to attempt to do some shore bass fishing. I drove into Lyle and Herman and both lakes were completely overgrown with weeds -- I didn't see any possible way ...
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Dog
Dog
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/11/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Dog Lake to escape the heatwave, only to find that it was quite hot there as well -- despite the elevation. The heat seemed to have effected the fishing as well. Fishing was much slower th...
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Rotary
Rotary
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/1/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to Rotary again today to prove that I could actually catch a fish there after getting skunked a few days prior. I used a Yamamoto double tailed hula grub with a white, quarter ounce jighea...
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Rotary
Rotary
By: beerman1981
Posted: 7/1/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I hit up Rotary Lake tonight in search of some of the nice largemouth that I heard lurk there. I fished after work from about 730-830, using jigs and grubs, top water rapalas and rapala crank baits. ...
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Dog
Dog
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/21/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I had another great day yesterday on Dog Lake. The action was hot! I limited out in about an hour. I was using the same exact strategy as all of my previous posts -- pink power eggs, fishing along ...
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Dog
Dog
By: beerman1981
Posted: 6/6/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
After last Sunday's success at Dog Lake, I headed back up for a few hours this afternoon. It was COLD and WINDY, but that didn't stop the fish from biting. Just like last time, I fished along the hi...
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