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By: tluedeke
Posted: 7/4/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Black Lake (Adams County) used to be a pretty nice spiny ray lake 10 years ago, particularly for bluegill and yellow perch (and the bluegills of nice size). Not sure what happened to it. After getti...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Another day on Sprague, alternating wind and almost calm, cool weather. The water temperature has dropped from 64 degrees to 59 degrees in about a week, and the fishing reflects this, but I did catch...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Sprague is still tough to fish for walleye this year. On 5.14.05 I thought the rain and clouds would make the fish active most of the day, and it did, but you had to be creative to make them hit.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I was fishing for about an hour when my friend caught an eleven and a half pound rainbow trout i couldn't believe it it's one of the biggest I've seen so far they are really biting on yellow and pink ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/25/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The road ends at a BNRR locked gate, and posted no trespassing. The adjacent land is posted No Trespassing by the Dept. of Fish and Game.
Dead end. Would appreciate any tips on how to access and ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/14/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fourth of July Lake is a lake worth the trip to fish. Lots of potential here; some fellows were fly-fishing, some were trolling, and still others were fishing from the lake edges. On our expedition ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Sprague for the third time this year...first two trips yielded one nice walleye (back in early May) and one 5lb tench (Late May). I must admit that the walleye fishing in Sprague this year has ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished yesterday and couldn't keep the fish off the hook 20+ bass 3 good size. Today different story same techniques same and different locations - nothing, not even a bite. Hit or miss, must have be...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2003
Hot Spots: 0
What has happened to Sprague Lake? My buddy and I fished it for 5 hours last night and not a single bite, no fish. We tried from 5 pm till 10 pm and nothing. No bass, no walleye, nothing. We tried...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/24/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The great dead sea - that is what they have been calling it of late. The water temperature was a healthy 62 degrees, winds moderate, water level higher than the last few years, weeds and moss a bit t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/21/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I got out on Sprague lake about noon sat. I spent the 1st couple of hours breaking in a new boat. Then it was time to break in the kicker. What better way then troll for walleye. We fished for about 2...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/20/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/20/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Sprague appears to be done for until this fall. I fished from 2:00 AM until 3:00 PM with only one hit (no fish). No one else I talked to had done any better; not that there were many others to talk ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/13/2002
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/13/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Sprague had a temperature of 80 degrees this last weekend. The air temperature on Saturday at 3:00 PM was 108 degrees. The fishing was not as hot as the temperature.
The algae bloom is going str...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Despite the weather which was way too windy and way too wet, my son and I managed to catch 6 walleyes to 19 inches. It was son Tim's first try at walleye and he caught the most and the biggest! Perhap...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Sprague lake may just be late this year. Walleye fishing is improving, some are reporting limits. I did catch my limit and released several this Saturday, but most were fighting for one or two sub l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
My three year old son and I hit the lake about 6:30 am. It was windy and raining. I hooked into the fisrt 17" walleye about 6:50 am. We were excited
due to the week before we didn't even get a bite. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I am a little worried about Sprague Lake. The water temperatures are starting at 54 deg. (1 foot depth) and reaching into the high 50's to low 60's. This should have the Walleye on a serious bite. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Wind was ferocious!!! We fished the north shore between the islands and the bank and managed to catch only one Walleye. We saw one guy who said he caught three but other than that not much going on.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/27/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was not good today. Didn't see a fish get taken period. Nothing was biting. Tomorrow should be better with the warmer weather.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2002
Hot Spots: 0
First time Walleye fishing with a friend and caught a 19 and 16 within 3 hours around 10 am. The weather was very bad, windy, rain, and 3 foot swells. Using black and silver jigs with a bit of worm ju...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/19/2002
Hot Spots: 0
After reading in the paper about the excellent bullhead catfish creels from Sprague, I decided to give it a try. The day was great! mild temps, no winds and mostly sunny.
I saw 8 boats on the lake th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/14/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Scott Haugen (Four Seasons Resort) and I fished Saturday evening for about 1 1/2 hours just before and a little after dark. We caught 4 walleyes in 2-3 feet of water using both crank baits and tube j...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/1/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 2/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Cranberry lake is a excellent lake for fishing almost every time we go out there we hook a bunch of fish here is a story about one of the days in the fall when we went out there it was about 9:00 in...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/11/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 11/11/2001
Hot Spots: 0
It was a clear sunny nice day with a light breeze coming from the east. We had to put in at the pay launch site on the south side of the lake. The state access ramp is not usable due to the low water....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/9/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Caught about 12 bass some nice ones to 4lbs and a few walleyes no big ones. All were caught on crankbaits rapalas.