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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day, but very slow fishing. I did catch one; a steelhead of about 15" - 16". However, I had no other bites. I talked to one other bank angler…No bites and no fish. A number of boats out toda...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/9/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
With the dropping of the water, shore fishing at Lake Roosevelt was a real adventure. Negotiation of the sand and drop to shore level required some care. Nonetheless, the effort was worth it; Sunday, ...
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Medical
Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/5/2015
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Altough my real target was brown trout, I ended up catching my biggest trout from Medical Lake, a 20+" rainbow. A spinner with of course, a single barbless hook got the fish. It was my only bite on a ...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 2/24/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well a super slow morning at Sprague Lake. Not many people fishing; although one Eastern European angler thinks spacing up to three rods down the bank at a considerable distance is THE TACTIC. A call ...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 2/23/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
At a pre-dawn, air temp. of 16 F. at the house, the wife and I almost said, "No way", but after waiting for a bit; we decided to give it a try…Glad we did. Slow at first, but with the rising air tempe...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 2/16/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well from the now almost never ending crowd, I guess I feel O.K. posting a Sprague Lake report. With the wind blowing from the East and a late start, I didn't expect much today…WRONG. My first fish wa...
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West Medical
West Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to give West Medical Lake one last try and it will be my last try until next Spring. I have never seen the lake this low. At the main Public Access, the water's edge is feet away from the wa...
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Curlew
Curlew
By: T-Bone
Posted: 9/15/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Every once in awhile an escape destination is called for…Curlew Lake is such a place. My wife, the Springer and I had very enjoyable stay at Tiffany's Resort on Curlew Lake on 9/13 & 9/14. We fished f...
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West Medical
West Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 6/2/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful morning with plenty of sunshine and almost NO wind. Other than the rather trashed out main bathroom, I was pleasantly surprised to see the lack of litter. I suspect the volunteer Litter Patr...
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West Medical
West Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 5/27/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Cold early morning followed by a very nice, sunny mid-morning with near zero wind; however, the fishing was much slower than just a week or two ago. I did catch three and my friend four, but we seemed...
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West Medical
West Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 5/14/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I caught another limit from West Medical Lake this morning; done by 9:00 AM. My 80 year old friend caught 4 and missed several other bites. Weather was perfect with very little wind. No big fish like ...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Long day, but a great fishing day with a pair of wise-cracking friends and co-workers. As I proceeded to miss bites; the pair caught three apiece of the large, mint bright Sprague Lake rainbows. The l...
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West Medical
West Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 5/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After the early morning trip of disappointment to Badger Lake, my 80 year old Hungarian friend, Les and I decided to make another trip to West Medical Lake. Again we were both blessed by some fun fish...
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Badger
Badger
By: T-Bone
Posted: 5/7/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Normally I would never post a bank fishing report on Badger Lake, but due to the lake's current sad state; I thought the forum deserved an update: ZERO BITES; ZERO FISH; ZERO FISHERMEN on the bank or ...
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West Medical
West Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/30/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day by the lake today with another limit of fish; I fished West Medical on Monday 4/26 and also limited, but with an 18", 16" and 15" among the fish today…Well, a special day. The only negat...
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Medical
Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/21/2014
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Windy, cold, no bites, no follows, no fish and worst of all GREEN GUNK/GOO already in the water near shore with floating islands off shore. My normal spinner with single barbless hook was pointless as...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
In a word…WINDY! Fishable at the start of the morning, but blown off by 10:30 AM. In spite of the breezy conditions, the wife was able to hook and land another mint bright 18 1/2" rainbow; a real figh...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/14/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wonderful day on Sunday, fishing with my wife on Sprague Lake; three football shaped rainbows, all 18" long, mint bright and great fighters on light/UL gear. A fourth fish spit the hook and just my lu...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/8/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful sunny, warm day at Sprague Lake. No big numbers of fish; in fact I had only one bite, but what made the day a "4+/Very Good Day Fishing" was the weather, the solitude and my wife catching a ...
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Medical
Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/7/2014
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After being BLOWN OFF by high winds yesterday at Sprague Lake, I decided to give Medical Lake a try today. Slow at first, but upon the arrival of a polite group of anglers, I got no less than five fol...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
On the positive: sunny, virtually no wind, beautiful day with lots of waterfowl viewing; on the negative: NO BITES and NO FISH. On reflection, early Spring, Sprague Lake bank fishing can be a bit SLOW...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/16/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for both 3/15 and 3/16. 3/15, my wife and I started fishing in the mid-morning at Medicare Beach; lots of boats and even a few kayaks, but no fish taken or seen taken. We proceeded to M...
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Medical
Medical
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/12/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Medical Lake roughly mid-morning to 1 PM. Beautiful day! I missed the first strike, but I was able to hook a bright rainbow of 15" within another three casts. After releasing that fish, I had...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 12/16/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
At age 60+, I finally went ice fishing for the first time. I am lucky to work with some good people and they convinced me to give it a try. Even with a near "Death March" hike across the polar-like ic...
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Sprague
Sprague
By: T-Bone
Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I'm making this a 5+ day; not on quantity, quality. Beautiful, beautiful "Indian Summer" day with virtually no wind. My wife and I were by ourselves for the majority of the time. Still fishing was slo...
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