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Rock Lake Report
Whitman County, WA

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01/25/2015
46° - 50°
Trolling
Rainbow Trout
Green
Sunny
Crankbait
Noon
Under 40°
01/25/2015
4
1267

beautiful day. On the water about 11:00 AM. a lot of boats, I counted 14 trailers at the launch area.
ran to the north end of the lake. Caught one after about 5 minutes of getting there. then nothing for about a half hour. by that time two other boats showed up and parked themselves right in front of me.
So headed south along the west side. found a nice spot and started hitting them. caught four more in about an hours time and headed for the launch.

nothing big, all around 11-12" rainbows.

hard to believe I'm fishing in January in a sweat shirt.


Comments

callplatinum
1/26/2015 7:58:00 PM
fish getting smaller in Rock? 10 years ago we hardly caught anything less than 16 inches, bows or browns.
downriggeral
1/26/2015 8:40:00 PM
WDFW has been stocking rainbows at Rock in October for a while now. They planted 29,500 put,take and grow ( about 3 to a pound) in October 2014. http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/plants/statewide/
Once they started doing this the fall/winter fishing for quality bowes and browns went down the drain. It used to be our favorite place to go but not any more. The little guys just won't leave you alone to catch nice fish.
downriggeral
2/2/2015 8:26:00 AM
Hi Tom - Forgot to mention thanks for the report and glad you got to fish in a sweatshirt in January; the weather has been simply amazing. What was the water quality at the inlet end if I may ask?
Thanks - Alan
tomconant
2/2/2015 8:41:00 AM
hello Alan, the water was pretty clear except right in front of the creek inlet, that area was murky straight out into the lake oh maybe 100 feet.
but still clear on either side.
thinking of heading to roosevelt sometime this week, hope to try out some of those kokanie
then give the snake another try for a stealhead, tried a lot this fall but never got one.
tomconant
2/2/2015 8:42:00 AM
oops, "steelhead"
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