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Took a couple of my normal fishing buddies out on MLK day and caught buckets O fish, literally. When we emptied my livewell at the end of the day we had 2 five gallon buckets full of eyes and had to go back for a refill; in all we cleaned three limits of nice 15 1/2 to 19 walleyes.

How did we catch that many you may be asking? Well all were caught on jigs in 20-50 FOW. We fished directly across from 7 Bays and near Hawk Creek. We launched out of Ft. Spokane. We had to move around a lot as in both locations the fish were scattered but we would locate one or two and then move a little, find a couple more and then move again. My arms were definitely tired from doing so much casting. It wasn't until after noon that we stopped busting ice out of our rod guides. Brrrrr.

A red or black 1/2 oz. or 5/8 oz. jig with a pumpkin chartreuse tail grub or 4 inch worm was the most productive. We didn't jig really. We had to slowly drag the jig and most bites were just weight although as the day progressed we did get a few actually walleye hits.

The water temp on the main river is down to 39 degrees and until it starts to rise I wouldn't expect any real movement up the Arm although after talking to a couple of other boats there are still quite a few dinks roaming around the usual places.

downriggeral

1/24/2019 8:56:18 PM

Thanks for the report Mark. Dandy catch you guys got! I'm in Puyallup for the Sportsmans Show so no fishing this weekend.
Tight lines Alan

hewesfisher

1/25/2019 6:28:17 AM

Thanks for the report Mark! Docks still functional or are they about done? At Seven Bays last weekend only the last dock section was in the water.

CCTMark

1/25/2019 9:16:18 AM

Hey guys,

The docks are still quite usable at Ft. Spokane and should be for a while. I haven't posted the last couple of times we went out but the winter walleye fishing has been pretty good overall. We have been concentrating on the main river because all we keep catching are quality eating size eyes. The previous weekend was a little slower for me but the same two guys, my usual cohorts in crime, I took out last weekend kept 29 nice eaters where I could only scrape up 9. Same areas just my timing was off. We are definitely moving around quite a bit to find active fish but it is paying off.

clawman

1/25/2019 12:47:38 PM

What is the limit?
hint- it is more than you think!

Hugeinchina

1/25/2019 1:48:52 PM

Are you referring to the lack of a limit south of Chief Joseph dam?

Hugeinchina

1/25/2019 1:53:49 PM

Should be 16 fish per person unless there is an update I have not seen yet?

CCTMark

1/29/2019 7:05:17 AM

We kept 16 per person which is the limit on Roosevelt unlike the lower Columbia where there is no limit I guess.

hewesfisher

1/29/2019 8:38:21 AM

Absolutely correct. ;-)

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