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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Cda Lake again yesterday with the Packernut. I'm giving this trip a 5 rating, not because of high numbers of fish, but because of quality fish. I caught 6 pike on the day. At one point got t...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/23/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm giving this trip a 5 because it was very short and nicely productive. I got out to Cda last evening after work. I had promised to get one of my co workers out to catch some pike once they started ...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/21/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm rating this trip as a 5. Not for the amount of fish but for the incredible action. I did catch 8 nice pike. One dink 25"er and the rest were 29-33 inches and weighed in from 6 to 10 pounds. I fish...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Cda and the chains for a short day Saturday to celebrate AJ's Birthday. He would have been 29 years old. Started out getting blanked for the first hour and thought things were going to be...
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Montana
Montana
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/28/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Not a secret spot here. I just couldn't find Montana in the area fished. I gave this report a 4 not because of abundant fish but because we had never fished the lake before, still caught fish, and h...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/4/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a decent day pike fishing on Cda lake Saturday. I managed only 5 fish but other than a slim 18"er, the fish were of good quality. One 29"er, two 30"ers and a 36" 14 pounder made for a good trip. ...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/28/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Cda again this weekend with the wife. The pike fishing has been producing a few fish but not big numbers. I only caught 3 pike on Saturday but they were nice fish. They weighed in at 26" -...
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Banks
Banks
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/10/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late report. I fished Banks Lake with the Packernut on Saturday the 5th. We tried jigs for about an hour to no avail, then switched to bottom walkers and Mack's smile blades, slow de...
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Newman
Newman
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/26/2017
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I spent a little over 3 hours chasing tiger muskies at Newman with Mark K. We tossed several different baits at them but only found one fish. No other follows or bites. This 36"er took a gold double b...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/23/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The pike on Cda are continuing to cooperate a bit, despite the hot ambient temps and warm water. I managed to catch and release 6 pike on the main lake again yesterday, and missed 4 or 5 others. Amazi...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/8/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The wife and I got on CDA at about 5:15 am. For those of you that are interested, she finished an entire book by the time I stopped fishing at about 3:30 pm. That said: I caught and released 7 pike ...
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Killarney
Killarney
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/25/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I left the main lake to the pleasure boaters yesterday and spent the day fishing a few of the chain lakes for pike. Killarney produce three fish, swan gave up two and cave and medicine were a bust for...
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Fernan
Fernan
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on CDA with a friend on Saturday. He caught 3 pike then had to head home around 2:30. I fished for another couple of hours and finished the day with a total of 6 pike and one 4lb 3oz large mou...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/28/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I was originally scheduled to be on the fishing sidelines and spending time with the wife this 3 day weekend. I'll be heading off to Last Mountain Lake in Saskatchewan for a week with Lucious and the ...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 12/4/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is an overall update report for October 19th to the present time. I haven’t posted in a while, but I have been out catching fish on Coeurdalene Lake. On Oct. 19th I took a day off from work, ...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/2/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
October is finally here but it certainly didn't start with a bang. The Packernut and I fished hard all day for a total of 3 pike. We did manage to miss 8 or 10 others on the day, but for the most part...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/27/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My son Brandon and I got out on Cda on Saturday. He started the day with a nice 35" 11 1/2 pounder within the first 5 minutes of the day. That can sometimes be a curse and it was for him on this trip....
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/18/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I got out to CDA with the packernut in the rain yesterday. We gave our rain gear a workout, that's for sure. We managed 6 pike on the day with one 29"er one 30"er and two 31"ers. I think the bigger fi...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got back to Cda yesterday, this time with Mark K. Things started out very quickly when I boated a nice 26" pike on the very first cast of the day. Our next fish was a large mouth about 10 minutes late...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/29/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
With the wind blowing hard on Saturday I decided to opt for a short trip to the north end of Cda for pike on Sunday. The Packernut and I were on the water by 6"15 and landed the first pike by 7:05. We...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I spent the entire day Sunday, battling the wind, to grind out 2 pike and a dink large mouth bass. Wind was calm till around 9 or 10am then blew all day after that, maybe even reachi...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/14/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday was once again a tough day for the wife and I. It was 8 years ago yesterday that we lost our son AJ. We spent the day fishing Cda Lake, then visiting the lake where we spread his ashes and r...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/7/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I'm giving this trip a 5 due to good company (my wife) and a decent number of fish for the weather conditions, but I could give it a 1 due to equipment problems. LOL My wife came along and we were...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/31/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Warm water and high daytime temps lately had me expecting a slow day of pike fishing Saturday, but I was pleasantly surprised. I started the day with the 30" pike in the attached photo at 5:45 am. The...
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Silver
Silver
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/10/2016
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Information obtained from the internet showed 4 fishing tournaments on Cda Lake, so Mark K and I gave the pike a break and headed to Silver Lake for some Tiger Musky fishing. We fished for just under ...
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