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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence Report
Washington

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02/14/2010
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Rainbow Trout
Power Bait
Rainbow
Hook & Bait
Afternoon
02/16/2010
5
1113

Well, this is the first time I have made a report, but I am a big fan of reading them so I figured it was about time. My son and I decided to try our luck on Lake Roosevelt, and launched at Keller Ferry around 12:30 PM on Sunday the 14th. We went up river and scouted a couple of potential camp sites along the way. We went about 11 miles up river, to a cove above a nice little ranch on the North side of river. We got a tip that the trolling wasn't so good, and decided to just still fish from the boat. Well, our first cast was around 1:30, and our first fish was around 1:35. We managed to catch our limits in about 1.5 hours. Water temp was around 38 degrees, and we were fishing in around 35-45 feet of water. The biggest fish was 20 inches, and 2.5 lbs, smallest was around 15 inches, in the 1 pound range. The next day was more of the same, except it took us 3-4 hours to catch our limit... Day one's bite was very aggressive, with the fish really going after it. One fish actually took my son's bait, and then I had one on also... Yup, the same fish with both hooks in its mouth...Day two was less so, with many missed bites, and nibbles... Great times were had.

We also camped at Penix camp site, which was quiet, albeit very wet...


Comments

Kfedka
2/17/2010 6:47:00 AM
Thanks for the report Gigstead.
afk
2/17/2010 6:59:00 AM
Hey Gigstead, thanks for the report. It is always great when a kid catches fish.(Young or old.) LOL
Lundegard
2/19/2010 9:35:00 AM
Excellent report! Super deal that you've started submitting reports, and even better that you're getting your son out fishing, camping, overnighting! Awesome! A trick I tried once when I heard trolling was no good, but soaking power bait was good, is to TROLL powerbait! What we do is mash the treble of any k-fly into a small ball of powerbait, then troll it. Works great!
Gigstead
2/19/2010 3:00:00 PM
Thanks Lundegard, I will have to try that... I want to get up there again soon, we had a great time.
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