Van BT's
2/13/2010 8:39:00 PMthat big one is gorgeous... we need more lakes with browns on the west side
BassCaster
2/14/2010 9:13:00 AMIt was beautiful out there, nice report. I caught five nice Browns and a Rainbow, I used my Rock staple, a Gold Rapala Shad Rap # 5. The trolling speed for me on this day was 1.5, average fish 15 inches. All fish were released, no beautiful 20 inchers, nice fish!
kenbarb
2/14/2010 12:57:00 PMGood report cdhiles, and what a beautiful Brown, nice pictures too. Where is Johnson Beach from the boat launch?
cdhiles
2/14/2010 1:30:00 PMJohnson Beach is about halfway up on the east side. It's in kind of a cove and there is a little picnic area with a bench (privately owned) on the shore. I often see guys anchored up in this area fishing bait. It was owned by a Mr. Johnson and is where the laborers working on the railroad camped. It can be located on this map: http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?lat=47.1843&lon=-117.6821&s=50&size=s&style=drgsr&name=Rock%20Lake
Blow the map up to the second to the largest size and look for the area around 47.1773 degrees N and 117.6772 degress W. You cant miss it.
Incidentally, if anyone is interested in the history of Rock Lake, including some really cool old pictures showing the town of Rock Lake and how it used to look, you can go to this site http://content.statelib.wa.gov/ and do an advanced search for Rock Lake. There are 50 some images of Rock Lake in the early 1900's.
This is another site with some great local information/legends/pictures
http://spokaneoutdoors.com/rocklake.htm
And further still, here is an interesting link to an old article about Rock
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2026&dat=19911108&id=M5UrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EtEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6261,769362
Blow the map up to the second to the largest size and look for the area around 47.1773 degrees N and 117.6772 degress W. You cant miss it.
Incidentally, if anyone is interested in the history of Rock Lake, including some really cool old pictures showing the town of Rock Lake and how it used to look, you can go to this site http://content.statelib.wa.gov/ and do an advanced search for Rock Lake. There are 50 some images of Rock Lake in the early 1900's.
This is another site with some great local information/legends/pictures
http://spokaneoutdoors.com/rocklake.htm
And further still, here is an interesting link to an old article about Rock
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2026&dat=19911108&id=M5UrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EtEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6261,769362
cdhiles
2/14/2010 1:36:00 PMSounds like you had a great day BassCaster! I have been curious about the bass fishing here.. I am anxious to get out and try some this spring.. Have you done well bass fishing here?
BassCaster
2/14/2010 3:13:00 PMThere are largemouth in Rock, no doubt. In fact I started out fishing for bass on Sat. with no luck. So I just trolled for trout. I have caught plenty in the past in fact it's almost a 50/50 chance you will get trout with your bass rigs. Throw out a tube with a touch of red you may get a largemouth you may get a rainbow. Throw out a bass plug who knows what you will get. If the Bass are not biting grab a Gold Rapala #7 original rigged with a 1/4 once barrel sinker on about a three foot leader or just a #7 Shad Rap, then find the trolling speed of the day, you won't go home empty handed!
cdhiles
2/14/2010 4:04:00 PMthanks for the tip BassCaster! I have never been to a lake where a big plug could catch a either a fat bass or a fat trout! The prospects are limitless!
cdhiles
2/14/2010 4:34:00 PMthanks for the tip BassCaster! I have never been to a lake where a big plug could catch a either a fat bass or a fat trout! The prospects are limitless!