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Scootney
Scootney
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 9/10/2014
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This is a followup to the fishing report with Thom Luedeke and Fishing Christian at Scootney Reservoir on 7th, September. It took awhile to locate the fish , but persistence paid off with nearly non ...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Moses Lake has been nothing short of phenomenal this year for multiple species like walleye and smalmouth bass for myself and my closest fishing buddies. You can imagine my surprise when my good frien...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/7/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The 2014 walleye bite has continued to be awesome with both size and numbers as I hooked up Gordy Chin and his brother Greg to put some nice wally gators in the boat. The best part is that we have be...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It's been a killer spring so far for walleye fishing in 2014. We've put near 80 walleye in the boat in 4 trips and my most recent trip with Harry Collier of Yakima was the best yet. Harry and I are ne...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/2/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I think I've fished my home town lake of Moses lake more since I moved 100 miles away to Union Gap by Yakima than when I lived in the Basin! It's ironic that I feel nostalgic for my old stomping groun...
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I-82 Ponds
I-82 Ponds
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/23/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The I 82 ponds as well as Fio Rito by Ellensburg have been producing some awesome crappie fishing when the weather and water clarity allows. Pond 6, pond 4 have been the best of the I 82's with pond 5...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/23/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I hooked up with my good friend and mentor Charlie Liebert of East Wenatchee to target crappie on Moses Lake but they were no where to be found, so after catching a keeper walleye, Charlie and I took ...
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Mattoon
Mattoon
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/20/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got a chance to hook up my good friend Tao Peng from the West side of the mountains to fish for Crappie at Fio Rito North, but other than Tao's 2 pound bass on his first cast, muddy water co...
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I-82 Ponds
I-82 Ponds
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/20/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I got out to hit the I82 ponds today with my walakes buddy Jason Sappenfield aka: Tanner212 and took advantage of the crappie moving up shallower to stage for the spawn. The action was fast for...
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Burke
Burke
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 3/13/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My cousin Kavin Bolser and I hit Burke Lake in the Quincy lakes for some early spring rainbow trout. the fishing wasn't as fast as years past but we took my 10ft flat bottom jon boat out to seek some ...
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I-82 Ponds
I-82 Ponds
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 3/13/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jason Sappenfield and and I fished I 82 pond 5 recently but high water on the Yakima River muddied up the water there so we hit pond #4 for perch. Fishing with my custom 1.5" Crappie nymphs in waterem...
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I-82 Ponds
I-82 Ponds
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 3/13/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to hit the Highway ponds with Gordy Chin for crappie. Gordy is hell of a bobber fisherman and we launched his aluminum car topper and searched for early spring slabs. I was itching to fi...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 10/10/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This has been one of the best years that I can remember for me fishing for Crappie, yellow perch and and bull bluegill over a pound. My good buddy fishinChristian and Charlie Liebert of East Wenatchee...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 10/6/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
With all the Salmon reports taking up most of the fishing time and reports, I finally got a chance to make some panfish forays with two of my best buddies recently, Joe Schmidt A.k.A- Fishin'Christain...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 9/13/2013
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday reminded me of the days of old when bull bluegills were the norm and not the exception from Mose Lake. Yesterday at the I 90 bridge was insane fishing for a multiple species foray, primarily...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 9/13/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had a chance to head up to my former home town Lake of Moses to fish with my friend Gabe Nunoz~ of Yakima. I was chomping at the bit to try out my newly poured panfish baits like the 3" Crappie Worm...
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Fiorito
Fiorito
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 9/7/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It was hella cool as I got the opportunity to take our Sears delivery man, Edi Arumbula of Grandview out crappie fishing for his first time ever. We drove up to fish Fio Rito north as it is a great pl...
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Drano
Drano
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 9/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got a chance got hook up with my best buddy and brother Roger Mineard of Yakima to give some steelies a shot down at Drano Lake last thursday. I was itching to give my newly dyed shrimp a try and to...
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Seeps Lakes
Seeps Lakes
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/11/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This is a followup report to the one posted by fishinChristian for the Potholes Seep lakes. Lingering health problems have severely cut down on the number of fishing trips I have made in 2013. The Sta...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/24/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I just had to say that the Smallmouth Bass fishing has been smokin' hot on the Mid Columbia this year with my friends and fishing brothers tearing the Smallies up off of the bank and in the boat from ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I was able to make good on a promise to Take my good friend Jim Arvidson of Grandview out walleye and smallmouth bass fishing up in the Crow Butte/Alderdale section of the Columbia River this weekend....
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I-82 Ponds
I-82 Ponds
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The I 82 ponds have been playing Jeckel and Hyde with me lately with either very productive trips or very poor fishing for a number of my friends. The Crappie have been proving elusive for many even ...
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Billy Clapp
Billy Clapp
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got a chance to go toss a line with my good friend and fishing Buddy Mark Blakely of Outlook last Friday. We left Sunnyside headed East despite the gale force winds that were blowing in hopes that w...
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Quincy
Quincy
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/12/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Roger Mneard of Yakima hit the basin and gave a shot at catching some walleye on Moses Lake and the south end spillway outlets. He hooked a couple nice walleyes there, but they shook the jig!...
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I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 3/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Being an opportunist, I had to stop off and try a little trout Fishing at Buena pond near Zillah in the Yakima County's I 82 ponds. I had just received an inner eye injection in my right eye to reliev...
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