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Banks Lake Report
Grant County, WA

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06/19/2017
91° - 95°
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Walleye
Worms
Green
Sunny
Bait Only
All Day
06/21/2017
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Hello,
so I have been meaning to get to Banks Lake and Sunday the 18th I took the camper and boat and went to Barker Canyon. It is off Highway 174 before Grand Coulee. The road going to the Lake is 5 miles of gravel and wash board road most of the way. It is steep in some places. This is the first time I took a boat down the road but it was OK, very dusty . When I got there I found a great spot to camp next to the Lake a short walk from the Primitive launch.

I got out on the water about 6 am Monday morning, surprised that more fishermen were not out early. I started a few about a hundred yards off shore in about 18 feet of water. I trolled for a while and picked up a perch and got a few bites. . It was getting hot and I took a break and went back out after lunch and right away caught a very nice 20" walleye in about 34' of water using an Old Goat Lure.. so not long after that I put my other OLD GOAT LURE on the other pole. Not long after I hooked another 20" Walleye in about 22' of water out by the low spot there in the middle of Barker Flats..

I quit soon after as it was HOT WEATHER!!!. Thank goodness for my Honda Generator and the air in my Camper!!
The next morning I went out and got a nice perch again by the Island there at Barker and caught a couple of small walleye using the Dutch Fork crawler Harness ghost blade, that I released. I tried a few other spots but the wind came up and by 2 pm it blew most everyone off the water. All in all it was a very nice camping fishing experience. Barker Canyon is not for every one but I love the fact that there were no other campers even close to me and it was free dry camping. I will go there again when I can. The launch is very narrow. I only kept the 2 bigger walleye . Some people were saying it was very hard fishing compared to Saturday. I must agree.


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Anonymous
6/21/2017 9:01:44 PM
Thanks for the report! I was debating between camping the exact spot youre talking about and steamboat rock, and then i saw your report. Now i know where im camping, as i know there are definitely walleye in barker. Do you think a sedan can get down there?
Mauk Fishing Stuff
6/21/2017 9:07:16 PM
Hello sure a sedan can get to the boat launch area and to some of the camping areas, but there are ruts some are deep in the roads and if it was raining it would not be passable but I think if you are careful you may be ok- have fun!!
oldgoatlures
6/21/2017 9:46:05 PM
Those are some nice looking fish! We absolutely appreciate your taking the time to test our lures! Thank you! --Donn Morse (p.s. What colors/sizes of the OG1 were you fishing?)
Mauk Fishing Stuff
6/21/2017 11:12:21 PM
2.44 inch fluorescent green with orange tail and the 2.8 inch fluorescent green with pink tail, I replaced the hook with a super slow death and ran it with a full night crawler. I lost alot of the tails maybe to perch but they were getting bit off by something. I am going to rig them with 30lb test and a bigger 1/0 or 2/0 single hook and one with a 1/0 treble and see if our Kings like them here in the Brewster Pool
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