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Spokane(Long) Lake Report
Spokane County, WA

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06/05/2014
76° - 80°
Top Fishing From Boat
Smallmouth Bass
Black
Sunny
Surface Lure
Afternoon
61° - 65°
06/06/2014
5
1217

Had the afternoon off so I headed out to Long with my two daughters for some afternoon bass fishing. We ended up boating over 20 smallies and 1 largemouth. Most of the smallies were dinks but we did manage a few nice ones. We caught them from just down river of nine mile all the way to Tum Tum; best baits were tubes, clacking raps, spinner bait and buzz bait. It was great to have my adult daughters accompany me for the afternoon, my youngest can sling a bait caster better than any of my friends. It was great watching her run it along docks,I was just waiting for decent bass to crush. She ended up getting about a 2 lb smallie on it as it was bouncing a long the side of a dock, classic! Also tried for some crappies but the wind was blowing and all we caught were little dink smallies. Great way to spend an afternoon.

Mark


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Amx
6/6/2014 7:12:00 PM
Good lookin fish.
fishinChristian
6/6/2014 7:26:00 PM
Nice!
CommanderCrud
6/7/2014 12:00:00 AM
Sounds like a blast.

How's the water flowing in that area? I've never been but i'm curious if a canoe with a trolling motor would be safe enough(at ones own risk of course..) . I'm mostly in lakes so I haven't had enough opportunity to catch smallies and that one looks fun.
fishinChristian
6/8/2014 9:15:00 AM
CCrud: A single pontoon would be a touch safer, but I've fished it in a kayak, float tube, and pontoon. Mostly depends what section you choose and the weather, of course, but if you're experienced, it's not bad. Check it out on Google maps satelite view, and you'll see what you need to know.
CCTMark
6/9/2014 8:58:00 AM
The closer you get to nine mile the more current you run into but you should have no problem fishing from a canoe. The biggest problem you might run into is all of the idiot water skiers that frequent Long, they do make some pretty nasty wakes at times.
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