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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/3/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got the big fish jinx off my back for the year. I have encountered them on most of my trips out this year but had not managed to get one in the net. I have had them roll up on a bait and mis...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/27/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well it looks like the storm that rolled through on friday had the pike in a bit if a lazy mood. We started the day with a fish in the first 10 minutes, then had one of those Coeurdalene Lake sea mons...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/12/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I were on the water at Cda Lake around 6:30am, once again in search of pike. We hit several spots on the main lake where I had seen or hooked some nice fish last weekend. Unfortunate...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/6/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the main lake at Cda yesterday, mainly in the middle portion of the lake, with decent success. Although I only managed to catch and release 3 pike, they were all fat for their length and grea...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/22/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wish I had better news to report but the pike bite was slow slow slow for us on Cda and the chain lakes yesterday. we started the day with great weather. Overcast skies, zero wind and no rain. We miss...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/16/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Cda Lake and the chains allowed us to catch and release three on this trip. the day fell short of a 5 star day when I missed three different fish that were easily over 30". I guess you can't catch the...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/9/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The pike fishing is picking up for me in Cda and chain lakes. Fish seem to be more active and hitting a variety of lures. Saturday they mostly wanted the soft plastic frogs, but have also been hitting...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for 2 days, Saturday and Sunday. Packernut and I fished the pike tourney on Cda lake over the weekend. We caught 11 pike on Saturday and 14 on Sunday. The fish we found were small, no...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 4/9/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Cda for my first real shot at pike this year. Have been there once so far but wasn't expecting too much on the trip and I was mainly trying out some new baits. That said, the first real f...
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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 4/3/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I'll be danged if I can find a location to report fishing in the Spokane arm so I put it here. :) My brother and I launched out of Porcupine Bay and fished a small tournament organized by so...
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Hayden
Hayden
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 3/13/2016
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/11/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I selected crappie for the targeted species because that's what we had success catching. We headed to Hayden hoping to find some active pike in shallow bays. After a few hours efforts, and only seeing...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 12/19/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I decided to take one more shot at the pike for 2015. We got a great day of weather, mid 30's and no wind. Water temp at the first spot was 40 degrees. I started the day by putting...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 12/6/2015
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished CDA yesterday with the Packernut. We finished the day with a total of 9 pike. The water temps were 35-42 throughout the day. All fish came from the main lake in about 5-6 FOW. All fish were cau...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/30/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Cda again yesterday with the Packernut. The thermometer in my truck said it was 16 degrees at the boat launch. The weather reports I had been seeing were predicting 38. Man were they wrong....
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
When I got to work on Wednesday the power was out and I got sent home. Bummer, so I took a coworker along and we grabbed the boat and headed to Cda for some pike fishing. The weather was cold and ther...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/16/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday was an outstanding day on the water for pike fishing. I hit the water at about 7:45am with farmer_aa and aesox. The weatherman predicted some rain in the morning but we never saw anything but...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/7/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day pike fishing with the Packernut and Ron on Cda today. Could not have asked for better weather. Intermittant sun and clouds, the wind behaved it's self and the pike were cooperative. (F...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/25/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The fall pike bite on Cda Lake just might be starting to hit it's stride. Cooler overnight lows have brought the water temps down into the mid 50's and the fish were a bit more active yesterday. We fi...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/19/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Justin and I fished the main lake from about 8am till around 5:30. Water temps were 54-60 degrees. Wem got our share of bites but the hook up ration was poor. For me at least. I know I missed at least...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/11/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another windy day at Cda Lake and the pike fishing was slow slow slow!! We picked up 2 fish in the first half hour then nothing the rest of the day. We had 3 or 4 follows and one or 2 actual bites but...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/4/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
WIND was the word for yesterday for sure. Weather.com predicted the wind would start at 10am and get up to 18 mph, and it was spot on. We decided to fish the chains with strong winds predicted and tha...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/28/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the main lake on Saturday with the Packernut. We got the overcast skies and no rain that we asked for but there was a little wind issue to deal with. I saw poredictions of up to 12 mph but at...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/13/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Sunshine, bluebird skies, and warm temps had the pike hiding out yesterday. I released 2 nice pike. One at 28" and one 36" 11-1/2 pounder. I lost 6 more on the day. One of those appeared to be about 1...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Too much wind last weekend kept me on the sidelines but I made it back out to Cda Lake this Sunday with the Packernut for some more pike fishing.The day started with a couple of follows and bites but ...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/23/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Seems like this entire fishing report section is overrun with salmon reports. Pink pink pink sockeye chinook pink pink pink----------- Anyway, I thought I would post something from my side of the ...
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