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By: tluedeke
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Carp
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to Scooteney at the last minute, after moping around all weekend (being annoyed at the wind and the crappy spiny ray fishing). The carp were in there really thick - I shot until my arm was ti...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 5/4/2013
Species: Carp
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Little after work carp shooting. The carp shooting was great, my shooting ... not so much. New array has a tight nock and really caused some problems. The water was pretty high, meaning the fish we...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 4/5/2013
Species: Carp
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went up after work to the upper end of Scooteney to staple some carp with the bow, based upon my previous observation on the higher water levels running through the irrigation system. Not a disappoi...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Have to admit, I really didn't fish much at all - mostly wanted to wet-test a boat inherited from my grandfather, and one that has been sitting around for 13+ years unused. Took it out ostensibly on ...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 12/1/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I'd go up and take a look at my carp-sticking spot on Scootney, for the lack of anything better to do. I was rather shocked to see my usual spot probably 6-8' above the water level. Usually ...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 7/21/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Given my lack of success recently on catfish and spiny rays, I decided to fall back on stapling carp on Scootney. Wasn't bad, but the unusually deep water in my spot (standing hamstring deep) and the...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 7/3/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Drowning my I-82 Pond #4 bluegill bad experience by trying to whack a few carp with the bow at the upper end of Scootney Reservoir. Got there late (~4:00 pm) and it was windy - seeing the fish was di...
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This is just a follow up report to my Scootney Res outing with my good buddy Roger Mineard aka: pacbassman for all you walakers crappie addicts. His report was very well written and he didn't leave ou...
By: pacbassman
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hello friends. Well Jiggy and I decided to venture up to Scootney Res since we hadn't fished it together yet. We arrived around 7:30 am to a pleasantly cool and somewhat overcast lake. After getting J...
By: fisherman-60
Posted: 5/13/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
3 Smallmouth Bass for an all day fishing trip for 5 not too good, but we did have fun getting out. Weather was nice for a change, hope to see more warm weather and maybe we will hit a spot were the fi...
By: RicknTK
Posted: 5/5/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2012
Hot Spots: 1
OK I didn't fish, I observed and asked. Water was 55 degrees. No one had caught anything yet for the day. They appeared to be using blade bait from boats and worms from the shore.was not able to uploa...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to exercise my new bow on Scootney, on the upper end. Place is swarming with carp. Came away with ~13. A bit difficult in some places because they are muddying up the water - foul things. ...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Scooteny, because I was too cheap and annoyed to burn gasoline (at $4.20 a gallon) going up to the Columbia Basin. Went to a special spot at the upper end of Scootney Reservoir, in the hopes o...
By: tricities-sean
Posted: 8/8/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on the Scoot Saturday. Started at 7:00am and left at 5:00 pm. It was hot, and the fishing was slow. There were two of us, and we fished ALL DAY, just to bring in about 20 perch. Most were abo...
By: tricities-sean
Posted: 7/5/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent ALL DAY on the Scoot. Caught a mixed bag of Perch/Bass & Walleye. All were small. Only kept the bass that were hooked to bad to release. Bass were 9" - 14", Perch were all around 8", all the Wal...
By: tricities-sean
Posted: 6/7/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Scoot looking for perch ( only managed to land one big 11"er), changed things up and started trolling for walleye. Managed to catch a few, the biggest around 14" , about 6 around the 11" -...
By: Osmiumfoot
Posted: 4/5/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a cold, windy day at the Scoot banging whistler jigs with plastics and worms off the bottom. Tried all over the lake and picked up a solitary 12 inch walleye at the head of the canal south of t...
By: quikdraw396
Posted: 3/20/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We threw everything. We fished bobbers with jigs with worms, without worms, just worms, grubs, crankbaits, most of the day, all over the lake. My dad was lucky enough to get 2 bites, but so slight no...
By: quikdraw396
Posted: 2/28/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent most of the afternoon on the banks. The wind was cold and although I tried to find cover from it, it was unevitable that I was going to be in it. I fished a few different places along the banks ...
By: BMGW
Posted: 1/6/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I have been monitoring the weather reports and all the fishing reports here at WL.COM just itching to put a Walleye on the Ice. I chose Billy Clapp lake as the destination and did my homework mapping...
By: Inspector
Posted: 9/27/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished Scootney this weekend. Had a great time. Got on the water about 8:00 and left about 4:30. Caught 165 fish. Mostley perch some bass and three walleye. Most of the perch were prett...
By: tricities-sean
Posted: 9/13/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Sunny, hot day. Got on Scoot at 7am and left at 4 in the early evening.Fished ALL over looking for some perch. Fished of of the bottom using worms. We caught enough for a small fish fry but it was wor...
By: jbball50
Posted: 8/24/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We got to Scooteney Reservoir and started fishing about 3:00 PM. It was really windy that day but we went out. Trying to keep the boat where we wanted to while trolling was a pain but we caught some...
By: procaster
Posted: 7/8/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the weekend. I have been having issues with my camera and it took a few days to work out problems. The family and I stayed at a relatives in Othello for the 4th so I snuck to th...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 5/26/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Scooteney for the first time. Spent 3 days exploring the lake. Weather wasn't the best, lots of wind and cold except for the last day (25th). Caught SM on a spinner, Zara Spook, curly tailed...