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By: linty
Posted: 7/28/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Ran out to Hayden Lake this morning (Sun 7/28 - couldn't get the calendar on the report to work). Water was 73° and the air warmed up quickly, just a bit of a breeze, lots of trailers in the parking l...
By: linty
Posted: 7/6/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Went to Hayden Lake this morning. I launched from the Sportsman’s Access at the North end and headed out in search of Kokanee. The water was warm, 68° surface temp at 6:00 AM. I started trolling betwe...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
As I mentioned before the once little Kokanee are growing at an astonishing rate and beginning to resemble their larger cousins. The largest today was 17.5". They are beginning to show signs of what...
By: spokanebassman2
Posted: 5/29/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on Hayden, it was the first time I had ever fished there and luckily I had a friend who has fished there for years! We hit the north arm looking for warmer water and maybe some spawnin...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 5/14/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Mothers day is always enjoyable when your Mother would like you to take her out fishing so we did just that. The Bass are starting to move in to the shallow and protecting their spawning beds. We us...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/7/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Sportsman's Access north end around 3pm and motored over to the Crappie hole and threw out two poles, both with Rocket Bobber's and Ratso jigs, one white glow and one green/brown. Both pro...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time on the lake with my Grandpa. We put on a show for all the other Crappie anglers out there. Boating 100+ fish, 90% of which were Crappie with the largest measured out to 13". The wate...
By: Rimrockdave
Posted: 6/29/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First time in summer at what will be our retirement home on Hayden Lake. Went fishing in early morning and again in the evening. Fishing was OK - lots of small smallies, but I am just learning the l...
By: Mike Hutsell
Posted: 5/16/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the water about 7:00am looking for crappie. Started out pretty slow but did catch a nice little Pike on my 10' noddle rod,wow was that fun. We found crappie in back of the bays. I don't know th...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a day it was on Hayden Lake. We trolled the shallows with deep diver rapalas and crankbaits and landed this beautiful Cuttbow weighing in at 10.3lbs. After 2 hours of trolling we headed to see ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/4/2011
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
muskyhunter and I took part in the 10th Annual Hayden Lake Pike Tournament hosted by the North Idaho Pike Association.
Saturday morning started with some rain and heavy winds at times. Out of the gat...
By: FishinCougar
Posted: 6/7/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Hayden for the day with a friend. Launched at honeysuckle at about 6:45 in morning. Caught a few crappie and a perch. Saw some pike but could not get them to bite. Went back to dock around 10 and ...
By: Kfedka
Posted: 5/8/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Very cold, windy, and small white caps. Fished for couple hours without any bites throughtout the lake, then decided to hit Newman Lake.
By: FishinCougar
Posted: 4/26/2010
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day trying to fish the pike tournament on CDA, but called it quits after almost getting my bass boat swallowed in some 5 foot swells in the middle of the lake. Decided to go hit Hayden up ...
By: Roger
Posted: 4/22/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Worked the entire lake including my secret hotspots. Worked 5. 10. 25 to 35 feet of water in the bays and points dragged spin n glows worm harnesses looking for walleye too (I know they are in there)....
By: SsendaM
Posted: 1/23/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled Hayden for half a day, the water temp is at 38 degrees and most of the bays are still froze up. Long lined two rapala divers 6-9 ft in an avg. depth of 15 ft of water, managed to hook up on on...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 1/21/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Headed off the docks at Honeysuckle boat ramp for trout, threw some pb out on a sliding egg sinker for about 3 hours with no success. The water was very low still and honeysuckle bay is still partial...
By: FishinCougar
Posted: 8/3/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took two of my boys fishing this morning on Hayden. Hit the lake about 5:15 AM and fished till about 12:30. Started out at one of our favorite spots with top water and no luck. Decided we would look f...
By: FishinCougar
Posted: 8/3/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Hayden lake at night with my boy and a buddy of mine. On the water at 9 pm and left about midnight. Fished with crawdad imitations, Carolina style. Boated and released 10 smb, and hooked and lost ...
By: MaxExp82
Posted: 8/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got a call from my brother Friday night with an invite to go Fishing Saturday ,Got a 1 day fishing license for Idaho and made plans for 4am. Not a bad drive from spokane to my bro's house then to H...
By: Jordan
Posted: 6/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
very windy and overcast... with some hard rain at times.... my buddy and i got some ok smallies and a few nice ones... then got a couple ok largies and he got one nice largie... then I got a nice Pike...
By: troutheart
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After seeing the "should have been" new state record rainbow caught by AJ's Dad I had to spend the weekend at a friends cabin and try and find that monster. No luck on the rainbows but we caught 2 sm...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
OK folks, please forgive my ignorance but I'm a Pike and bass guy. We started the day by getting started 4 1/2 hrs later than planned. Somehow, the key in my boat got left on and the main engine batte...