Northwest Fishing Reports

Yes I am still alive. Been extremely busy with work, with home stuff and any spare time has been on the lake.

Been fishing hard! Just not on Silver or Newman. Been on Curlew three of the last 4 weekends. Will hit Silver tomorrow! Then possibly Curlew the next. Fishing can be extremely good in the fall. But numbers generally are down while fish size goes up.

Also, one more way to add evidence of reproduction, would be to find tigers in the smaller year classes (i.e., 0-2 years old) which DO NOT have coded wire tags. Every fish is implanted with coded wire tags at the hatchery, before being stocked. Tags are occasionally lost, but due to the nature of ho...

While it is possible for tigers to reproduce, the chances are extremely thin. So technically it is possible, but highly unlikely. WDFW does regular surveys on these waters, and if there was any reproduction, they should pick it up. The way to prove it, would be to find young of the year. All tiger p...

Allready for folks to check us out.

Mistake, our booth is 439. Our booth is called Mountain Muskies. Its located in the Ag building, between the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and WDFW. See you all there!

Sounds great! See you guys there!

Come check us out at the 2015 Spokane Bighorn Show. We will be located in booth 239 in the Ag building. Learn about the thrill of catching monster fish on our local lakes!

Hello all! Saturday the Mountain Muskies will host our second tournament of the year. It will be held at the Newman Lake Resort as in the past years. Registration starts at 6:30 am. Cost is $20/ person. There will be an optional big fish pot, $10 each person.

Way to go Rosann!!!

I have helped every year since I joined. We generally have to ask. I sent the plant dates to Chapter 57. Not sure if it got sent out to everyone individually. I got the plant dates from the hatchery staff right after they were set. The way they plant, WDFW really doesn't need any assistance, but I t...

Okay, I will post! She was a healthy 32" fish. Los of fun. Thanks guys for the great weekend and Nate for being a good camera man. Nate, can you post the pic? Only have my phone and can't reduce the resolution to post it.

Hopefully size increases as well!!!

I have caught fish in cold water in March and in November. Both times water temps were in the 40's. I will say however, that the time I spend on the water those times of year are among the most enjoyable. No jet skis, no other boats, no competition.... It is cold however and time between fish is lon...

We will be hosting the Chapter 60 first meeting of the year tomorrow evening at the VFW Post 51 in Spokane, WA. If anyone would like to attend we will have some good presentations. We will show a short video of the tiger muskies that are coming to your lakes this May. No need to be a member, come jo...

No problem. Hope to see you on the water.

Silver Lake should be getting better this coming weekend as the water temps get to 50 degrees. May seems to be the hot month for Silver. Unless you are very into it, I would suggest waiting till May to start fishing for them. If you would like to join me sometime, give me a shout. douglasjwood@gmail...

I didn't realize you were that close. Heck yea, go to the better lakes. I do the same here, and go to Curlew instead of Silver or Newman whenever I can.....

Hey, there are places closer than that for you down there! Granted, the fish weren't stocked for 5 years, but that means the ones that are there will be big!

Well, the lakes are ice free and it's time to chase some tigers. I was on Silver last Saturday and didn't see a fish. I am assuming they are still hanging in deeper waters. Water temps were 44-48, so they need to come up a bit before they will move into the shallow areas. Weather looks promising for...