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Had a friend up from Arizona so took him to my normal spot on Rufus. Fishing was not hot, but I lost one and he caught one. It was his largest ever rainbow at 8.77 pounds so he was estatic about that and he caught it within 15 minutes of being there.

Used the usual powerbait floated up with about 3 foot of leader. Weather was overall nice with some wind gusts. Both fish where hooked with some real good flows as they were spilling water, which was cool to see as we drove towards the dam. Everyone I talked to said when the water flowed faster the bite came on, so the guess work of all about having to have flow seems to be true. Once the they stopped spilling the bite just shut off. So the luck, but it was dang fun fishing with a high school buddy I hadn't seen in 15 plus years.

afk

4/3/2011 8:08:00 AM

Hey Molottguy,that fatty has a square tail! Any trip with a personal record is great. Thanks for the report.

blufin loui

4/3/2011 8:24:00 AM

What a way to treat a visiting friend. Take em out and let them catch a trophy fish. Good On You. Keep up the good work. Remember, "What goes around, Comes Around", Meaning all good things.

Malottguy

4/3/2011 11:39:00 AM

afk yeah that square tail makes a difference it made some good little runs and my buddy sure knew how to fight it. was using 6 pound P-Line (thanks Lewis I love that stuff) for main line and 8 pound leader(helps in the rocks and weeds imo) I wish more of the fish look that good. Fish checker looked at the tag it had and said it was probably released about a year and a half ago and about a pound and a half so gaining seven pounds in a little over a year is a phenomenal growth rate so can you imagine the other fish that are in there WOW. It also had a big fat adipose fin which most have deformed ones.
blufin I try to, as you know, be the nicest person I can and to me netting that fish for him was so much more enjoyable than if I had hooked it myself.

Rivercamp72

4/5/2011 7:22:00 PM

Which damn are you talking about? Thanks

Rivercamp72

4/5/2011 7:23:00 PM

Sorry, I mean dam.

Malottguy

4/5/2011 8:24:00 PM

Chief Joseph dam near Bridgeport, WA..

Rivercamp72

4/7/2011 7:29:00 AM

Thanks Malottguy.

Malottguy

4/7/2011 7:34:00 AM

Most welcome.

dave g

5/17/2011 2:46:00 AM

really nice fish. i'm out of the country right now and am drooling and chomping at the bitt to get over there fishing. did you catch this guy from the bank at one of the fishing areas?

Malottguy

5/17/2011 1:11:00 PM

It was caught from the bank. I don't have a boat so I am limited except when people feel sorry for me and give me a ride LOL.

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