Brother in law and I went down to Spring Canyon to fish off the bank trying to catch some big bows. We arrived at 6:40 into the parking lot, it was still dark. At 7 it got light enough to fish, and we walked down the shore towards the dam to the second point sticking out. It's a real sandy beach with a slight drop off, so we were just hoping to get our bait out. We had lines in the water at 7:20 with an ounce and a half of lead on a swivel with 2' of leader. We were both using green mallows and a worm with mikes scent. At 7:30, my brother in law pulled his first in, a chunky 15" bow. He was fat. Right on we thought, should be a great day. I then got bumped pretty good, but no hookup. An hour later, brother in law pulled in another, a 13 inch bow, quite a bit smaller. All right, 2 in one hour, this should be a good day, if we keep this up, I thought.

That was the last fish of the day. We moved, switched baits. Threw the tackle box at 'em. Nothing.

Next time down, we're going to explore the upriver side of the launch. Shoreline looks fairly steep, and it looks like there may be some more depth out that way.

Kekedatackleco

1/21/2014 9:27:00 PM

I think you're on to something heading upstream from the launch. When I lived in Coulee I knew a lot of guys that would turn down E Spring Canyon Rd off of the highway and fish the back of the cove there. The road takes you through some houses and then you take a left down a dirt road and it leads right up to the water. Walk around the little drainage to the left and get on those steep banks walking back towards the launch. Good luck!

kevinbe

1/22/2014 9:23:00 PM

Thanks for the info Dave. We saw a car parked over right where your talking about, and passed the road heading back out. A day exploring that pond is better than a thousand days at work!

tyler_niles_15

1/23/2014 5:55:00 PM

Could you give me directions to the place you were fishing.

kevinbe

1/25/2014 2:20:00 PM

Google Spring Canyon Lake Roosevelt. It's outside Coulee city. From Spokane you take hy. 2 through davenport, Wilbur.

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