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By: Jay K
Posted: 12/11/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn't get myself out of a warm bed this morning, so I finally hit Eloika 1200-1615. Hiked all the way almost to Jerry's Landing from the public launch. Found the deeper water, but no fish for me....
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By: Jay K
Posted: 12/6/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Eloika 1300-1600 on the ice. Whole lake is iced over 2.5-3" in most places. Made the mistake of not studying the topo map well enough prior to heading out and wasted all my time NW & W of the...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 11/10/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 11/09 and 11/10 for bluegill, but caught one lonely perch today. 11/09 was cold and unwelcoming. No bites fishing shrimp on a slip bobber. Oddly enough saw three big bluegill floundering i...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 10/30/2010
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Caught the brown trout bug after catching a nice one last outing at Medical. Two more days before the lake closes, weather looked alright, so I thought I'd try for some more. Well, the weather was N...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 10/26/2010
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got out of work early and thought I'd hit Medical one more time before it closes end of October. Fished ~1600-1730. Thought maybe it was a tad less cold and not raining like last outing. Fished the...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 10/25/2010
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took a walk with the wife one day and saw a gentleman walking back with two huge brown trout. Thought I'd try my luck with an inline spinner w/ two of the hooks cut off and the 3rd barb bent down (th...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 9/10/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 1500 to sunset for bluegill with a Thill Pro Series Weighted Jig Snell tipped with small pieces of shrimp ranging from 7' to 9' down. The bluegill love the shrimp and hit it consistently. Bro...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 8/26/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had read that bluegill spawn every full moon starting in June, so I thought I'd hit up the lake to see if I could pickup some more bluegill. Fished my usual Thill Perch rig with bits of shrimp and ca...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 8/26/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Collected about twenty hand-sized gills over two days worth of evening fishing on 8/19 & 20 from ~1800 till sundown (till when I can't see my bobber anymore). Bite really seems to pickup right before...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 8/14/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Silver this AM from 0700-1045 for some bluegill after receiving a tip from a local re: where they might be residing this time of year. Bluegill were deep and not interested in surface flies, so I...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 7/17/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a few bluegill fishing a parachute adams with a splash of red, but tough fishing. Tons of loud obnoxious recreational boaters/jet-skiers (hello to summer) as well as people lounging by the sho...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Gillfest is over as is the spawning period. Shorelines are empty except for a few lone males guarding their nests. Will see 'em next year. Time to move on to perch fishing. Can't wait till ice f...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 6/30/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Silver this evening to de-stress by catching some bluegill; Glad they were cooperating. Fished from 1800-2030. I know it's getting repetitive, but used the usual size 18 parachute adams fly ...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 6/24/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I'd get out for some more bluegill. Fished from 830-1100. Couldn't believe it was even better than Tuesday's outing. Just about a fish on every cast. Didn't even know how many fish I'd cau...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 6/24/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for bluegill for the first time and wasn't disappointed. Catching 'em on a size 18 parachute adams-like fly was a blast - best discount $.25 fly I ever bought from Cabela's. I didn't think I'...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 6/13/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from Eastern shoreline 1830-2000 just for some recreation catching pumpkinseeds on a tenkara rod using reverse hackle dry flies in brown and olive. A lot of aggressive pumpkinseeds with no siz...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 1100-1400 without luck except one sunfish. Lots of boats and pontoon fisherman out today trolling the lake. Didn't see anyone do well. At times serious gusts of wind which really made for to...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 5/9/2010
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I'd try the Little Spokane for the first time; Fished the shoreline only for an hour - saw one huge sucker (wasn't interested in my fly). Disappointing river - at least what I could see. Loo...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 5/8/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for a short while 1900-1945 before it started to rain and wind picked up. Lots of rises in the middle of the lake - was told there's a trench running the length of the middle of the lake and s...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 5/8/2010
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Landed 5 tiger trout fishing from the Eastern shore using a reverse hackle Ishigaki kebari. Ventured to West Medical then Medical and finally to Fish lake today; Fish lake is quickly becoming a fast ...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 5/6/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Actually shouldn't rate the fishing so poor since I only fished from 1930-2010, but was excited to try fishing flies that I'd tied for the first time. Caught a small brook trout on a brown reverse ha...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 1/22/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the ice 11am-430pm and found out there IS a noon and early afternoon bite; You just gotta find 'em. Just myself and three other fishermen on the ice; The three-man party stayed in the shallows an...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 1/19/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got out of work early today and was curious if there was a late afternoon bite for the perch at Silver. Fished from 4-5pm and caught ~10 dinks; Fed some to the blue heron that kept me company. Caugh...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 1/17/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Silver was tougher than usual Saturday; Large fish were few and far between - nothing broke 8" today. Must have drilled at least 30 6" holes - if you see an L-shaped trail of holes across the shoreli...
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By: Jay K
Posted: 1/10/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Silver today and there was a crowd. Half fishing shoreline and half fishing deeper water. Consistent fish bite in 22 feet of water, east of the launch, just a little past midline. Smaller sizes...
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