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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: 3/25/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I know others have landed more fish in a day and rated their trips lower than a 5 but I'm giving this day a 5 because we finally located some fish and the weather was amazing, FINALLY! The Packernut...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 12/2/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This may have been my last pike trip of the year. Christmas is right around the corner and things are getting busy. Temperatures are dropping, and making it a little tougher to hang on to the rod and...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/26/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm rating this trip as a 5 due to lots of fish, even though they were mostly small ones. The little guys are fun to catch when you find them in bunches like this. You kind of get to the point where y...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/19/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a decent day on Saturday catching and releasing 7 pike. 5 dinks and a couple of 30"ers that weighed in at 7 and 8 pounds. The fish were in about 10 feet of water but I had to run the baits down a ...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/12/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Former poster on this website "Lucious" stopped by on his way home from Scotland to chase a few pike with the Packernut and I on Saturday. He graciously started the day by putting the first fish in ...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/4/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Wow what a day of fall pike fishing!! I started the trip off catching a nice 14 lber on my third cast of the day. Caught fish throughout the day. We had some down time though between fish. Fish were s...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/31/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I were back at it on Saturday the 27th. Once again the quality fish were ready to play and the glide baits were their favorite for the day. In fact, all of our fish were caught on th...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday started off slow for us. I fished with a friend and we went for about the first 4 hours with nothing but a couple half hearted tugs on the line. No hook ups and no follows. Things were lookin...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/7/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good day at Cda today for a short trip. I fished from 7:30 till noon and managed 4 pike. Two at 23" one 11 pounder at 34" and one fat 32"er that weighed 11 1/2 pounds. I also missed a couple oth...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/23/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut had other things to do yesterday, so my younger brother Ken came along to try and catch his first Cda Lake pike. His hopes were high. On the way to the lake, he said "I sure hope I can ...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/17/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday turned out to be a very good day for me after getting schooled by the Packernut for almost 8 hours. We were on the water by about 6:15 and he puts the first pike in the boat at around 7-7:15...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/9/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterdays short trip to Cda almost didn't happen, due to family being in town. However, on Friday evening, they all ganged up on me, put my arm behind my back, and made me commit to being on the wate...
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Banks
Banks
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/4/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I had another great day on banks lake targeting walleyes. This will probably be my last trip after walleyes. I'll likely be on the shelf this weekend with family in town, then it will be time to fish ...
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Banks
Banks
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/26/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I decided to give the pike a weekend off while we went to chase a few walleyes at Banks Lake. We were on the water around 7:15 am and had out first fish in the boat by about 7:30...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/20/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good but not great day fishing pike again on Cda lake. I took my brother again the rookie pike fisherman. Unfortunately for him all he got again on this trip was experience. He claims he had f...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on the water on Sunday. My daughter was in town and wanted to net and photograph a few pike, so I gladly took her along. ;) Started the day with a nice fat fish. She was only 32" lon...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/5/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I hooked up with a friend from the Idaho Falls area Saturday to do some pike fishing. You know, it never fails. Every time I go pike fishing when one of the local bass clubs is hav...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/5/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I hooked up with former poster Lucious, an old friend that now lives in the Idaho Falls area. You know, it never fails. Whenever I'm pike fishing, and there is a bass tournament go...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/29/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I was actually not planning to fish this Saturday, but at the last minute things changed, and I got out to Cda with a friend I haven't fished with since early last year, and his son. We were on the wa...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/22/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday got off to an amazing start. On his second cast of the day, the Packernut stuck a fat 9-10 pound pike. I promptly netted the fish and declared the day a 5 right off the bat. The fish gave on...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We were on the water by 6:15. We fished the area where I saw that monster last weekend but were unable to locate any active fish so off we went to hit a few other spots. We got our first fish at 8...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/8/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
OK. I'm giving this trip a 4 but it could easily have been a 5 with a little more cooperation from the fish. I fished several locations on the main lake and found fish in 6-12 feet of water. The rat...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/2/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter is in town and had been planning to ride along with me on a fishing trip. She doesn't fish, but much like my wife, she can manage to get some extra shut eye in while she's on the boat. W...
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/25/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Once again I'm giving this trip a 5 because of quality fish not for numbers. I had to fish alone yesterday. MY wife had planned on coming along but wanted to go visit her dad in the hospital instead....
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/18/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I got out on Cda again yesterday for time after missing the last couple of weekends. Started the day fishing in the location that has done well for me this year and managed one din...
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