18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence

Air Temp: 41° - 45°
Method: Bottom Fishing From Boat
Species: Walleye
Bait: None
Color: Chartreuse
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Tackle: Jigs
Time: All Day
Water Temp: Under 40°
Rating: 5
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Took Glenn out to the Arm. Not going into a lot of details but we spanked the eyes pretty good today. We caught about 50 and cleaned 30. We could have easily cleaned 32 but we let some real stud eyes go. We actually spent the last hour trying to catch some smaller eyes so we could cull a few of the 21.5 inch eyes we already had. A 16 inch eye looks really small compared to the ones we were releasing. They were all caught on jigs in current. We released 12 oversized eyes with Glenn releasing a 6 lb eye and I released a 13 lb eye. Our best luck was with 3/8 oz jigs. The eyes really responded best to a jig going down stream at the same speed as the river current.


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