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I-82 Pond 5
I-82 Pond 5
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 8/14/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I'm a little perplexed about my favorite pond in the I-82 chain. Pond # 5 usually produces good to great action for me, but this time around, the crappie didn't seem to be hanging out in thier usual s...
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Drano
Drano
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 8/14/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This has been an odd year down at Drano lake. I took my good buddy Joe Cortez to see if he could break his steelhead jinx and take home his first Drano Lake steelie. We got there about an hour earlier...
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Yakima River
Yakima River
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 8/10/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
One of the most awesome things about this website is that a guy can hook up and fish with other fishermen. Today I got the chance to fish with none other than Medic 1 and JBball50 on a section of the ...
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Drano
Drano
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 8/8/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well today marked the first day of my 2010 Steelhead season. I took the opportunity to invite my good friend Joe Cortez for his very first excursion fishing for steelhead. The drive from Sunnyside was...
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I-82 Pond 5
I-82 Pond 5
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 7/27/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was just too perfect for me to resist not running out to the I-82 ponds for an evening of fishing. I settled on pond #5 just because there seemed to be little pressure on either pond 4 nor...
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Yakima River
Yakima River
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 7/25/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My good fishing buddie Joe Cortez called me up the other night and invited me along with his friend Luis Ochoa to do some wade fishing for Smallmouth Bass on a central section of the Yakima River. We ...
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I-82 Pond 5
I-82 Pond 5
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 7/18/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Catching Smallmouth with my bro Joe Cortez was an absolute blast, but my real love is fishing for crappie. Being so far from my home waters in the Columbia Basin meant that I had to adjust my tactics ...
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Yakima River
Yakima River
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 7/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was really nice to get a call from a brother fisherman friend of mine. Joe Cortez of Sunnyside called me the other morning to truck on up near Benton City for some early morning smallmouth fishing....
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got a chance to head up to Coupeville to see my Mom and Family. While I was there on Whidbey Island I dropped by Cranberry lake just to the South of Deception Pass. After finishing a "Shrimp...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/16/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing trips have been far and few between this year, mostly as a result of Obama's economy yet the trips have been well worth it for me and my good friend Adam Barnett. Ad and I took my 10" flat ...
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I-82 Pond 5
I-82 Pond 5
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/13/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well guys..after what seemed like a ton of friutless trips, I have finally got into the crappie at I-82 pond # 5! Last year was a break thru for me catching crappie in Yakima county, espeacially on th...
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I-82 Pond 2
I-82 Pond 2
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It's been quite the un Jigmiester year for me so far this year... But My fiancee Pam and i managed to get into the fish on The I-82 pond # 2 recently. After portaging my 10 ft Lowe flatbottom, we set ...
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Burke
Burke
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 3/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Every year I try to make it up and fish The Quincy lakes in Grant county. This year I took my fiancee Pam for a boat ride to not only catch some trout, but officially confirm that my over winter patch...
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I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 2/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My fiancee Pam and I got out of the house to shake off the winter doldrums and wet a line at Yakima counties Buena Pond # 6. It was nice to see that a couple of guys picked up some 11" to 12" Rainbow ...
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Soda
Soda
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 8/12/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After spending a day crop adjusting near Moses, I drove out to the south end of Soda Lake to drop a line for a couple of hours targeting Smallmouth bass. The walk out to the South end Soda Spillway wa...
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I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
I-82 Pond 6 Buena Pond
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 8/9/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well? Time and work has put somewhat of a damper on my fishing reports this summer. Never the less, my good friend Kavin Bolser came up from Moses lake area to fish with me on Yakima's I 82 pond's po...
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I-82 Ponds
I-82 Ponds
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 7/7/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
On a hunch, I invited my good friend Dan Hiatt to take along to go do some early summer crappie fishing on the I-82 ponds south of Yakima. We hit pond # 5 after portaging my jon boat in pond # 4 and p...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 7/7/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my fiancee Pam over to Moses Lake on the 4th to try for big trout, but ended up pitching jigs and nightcrawlers for smallmouth bass when the trout wouldn't cooperate. I did see three different pe...
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Banks
Banks
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/26/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I headed up to Banks with my Crop adjuster boss man-Clark Sandoz.The day was a beauty too. Fluffy clouds, a cool breeze and just plain pleasant weather. We portaged my John Boat on the eastern side of...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/19/2009
Species: Shad
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well Shad fans...Those hard figthing silver fish are definately here! Headed down to John Day and picked up a one day Oregon license for 12 bucks and gave Shad fishing a shot. They were hitting all m...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I am amazed that a 15 year old friend of my son's helped me to Finally post a pic of my biggest Smallmouth on this site! My trip to Moses Lake last weekend was a tough one, but my fiancee Pam and I ma...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/10/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I recently met Dave, a caretaker at Crow's Butte State park down on the Mid Columbia and he was all abuzz about recent catches of big Walleye near the Park. Of course after hearing that I was ready an...
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Fiorito
Fiorito
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/8/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my friend Mike Granillo out for a morning of Bass fishing at Fiorito Lake near Ellensberg. As usual, the lake was packed with trout fishers, but after the stormy weather the day before on Moses L...
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Moses
Moses
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/8/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My good buddy Dan Hiatt and I headed to fish Quincy lakes Evergreen resevoir, but after two smallish bass and a recently planted Tiger Musky breaking my line at the boat, the wind picked up, so we dec...
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Soda
Soda
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/25/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went into the weekend with kigh expectations...New Moon phase and stable weather were some positives, yet my partner Dan Hiatt only caught 1 smallmouth bass in two days of fishing! We hit the soth e...
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