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By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife has been pretty understanding. I keep telling her Sprague is going to freeze over soon so I only have 1 or 2 trips left until ice keeps me home. Al and I made our third trip there this week....
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The number of fish we boated the last 4 trips to Sprague had increased each time so it was inevitable that a decline was coming our way. It doesn't mean we willing accepted it and we tried hard to cr...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/28/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Adhering to the rule, don't leave fish to find fish, the trio returned to Sprague. Fortunately the wind was not bad today and we found the fish in a biting mood immediately. We offered rippin minnow...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/22/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Sprague without Al today. We had lines in the water by 7:30 and trolled Kekada perch flies and perch rippin minnows on the west end of the lake. Last week we killed them in the s...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed to Sprague again with optimism despite the weather forecast. The wind was present on our arrival and with the temp 28 it was brisk on the water. We offered perch Kekeda flies, ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed back to Sprague after a decent day there Tuesday. I commented on the lack of forecasted wind on the drive over only to find big whitecaps on our arrival. Started out with a quick fis...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/8/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It has been a long time since we fished Sprague Lake and decided to give it a try this morning. The new dock was pulled from the SW launch but looks like a great addition. We started pulling rippin ...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 11/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ran up to Sprague Lake yesterday to test a new color-scheme for the 2.8" and 3.9" OG1 lure. (These lures have a narrow strip of fluorescent pink or fluorescent orange running the length of the exterio...
By: mschulman
Posted: 3/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Sprague Lake about 6:30am and started fishing. First time fishing the lake but neighbor says it's got big trout. A couple of boats out already but looked to be Bass fishing. Trolled Apexes and ...
By: Landshark II
Posted: 5/5/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The weather couldn't have been better when we hit the lake at 8:00 AM. Had 4 planters hit in the first 2 hours and they were released to grow bigger. Couldn't get any of the steely's to hit all of the...
By: joshrem
Posted: 4/30/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Windy as heck and the waves made our lures pop , kept seven, lost four at boat. Many more hits and ticks.
Great day in the the wind....out for four hours.2 rainbows , 5 clipped "steels"(up to 18"!!!!...
By: Landshark II
Posted: 4/21/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After 2 weekends with high winds we were finally able to get onto Sprague Lake. Was a sheet of glass @ 8:00 AM put in. Started with the regular rippin minnows and the red/white flies tipped with worms...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/17/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well I only had one bite, but I did catch one heck of a fish…A very wide, mint bright 21" rainbow of 5lbs.+. I was fishing by myself and the fish gave me a heck of a fight on UL gear. A very nice East...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day, but very slow fishing. I did catch one; a steelhead of about 15" - 16". However, I had no other bites. I talked to one other bank angler…No bites and no fish. A number of boats out toda...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 2/24/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well a super slow morning at Sprague Lake. Not many people fishing; although one Eastern European angler thinks spacing up to three rods down the bank at a considerable distance is THE TACTIC. A call ...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 2/23/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
At a pre-dawn, air temp. of 16 F. at the house, the wife and I almost said, "No way", but after waiting for a bit; we decided to give it a try…Glad we did. Slow at first, but with the rising air tempe...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 2/16/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well from the now almost never ending crowd, I guess I feel O.K. posting a Sprague Lake report. With the wind blowing from the East and a late start, I didn't expect much today…WRONG. My first fish wa...
By: Landshark II
Posted: 11/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Sprague Lake at 7:00 Am and the lake was a sheet of glass. NO WIND at all. We put out 2 leaded lines with perch colored flies tipped w/worms and then ran out 2 long lines at 225'. Caught the firs...
By: CommanderCrud
Posted: 6/24/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First time here, When we put in some people on the shore caught a 2+ pound LM so I prepared myself for a good day.
Launched off the west end hitting up some lillys as we circled behind bird...
By: quantumcloud509
Posted: 6/18/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Hit Sprague Lake after grabbing an awesome breakfast at the Viking in Sprague. Fished from shore at the last boat launch area. Found a cool outcropping someone made and set up there. Many orange and r...
By: Spokanee
Posted: 5/2/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This trip was slated to prove out / set-up the TR-1 Gold autopilot I bought used and installed on my boat, with fishing being a bonus. Well, the Fish Gods were smiling on us because it worked flawless...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
In a word…WINDY! Fishable at the start of the morning, but blown off by 10:30 AM. In spite of the breezy conditions, the wife was able to hook and land another mint bright 18 1/2" rainbow; a real figh...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/14/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wonderful day on Sunday, fishing with my wife on Sprague Lake; three football shaped rainbows, all 18" long, mint bright and great fighters on light/UL gear. A fourth fish spit the hook and just my lu...
By: Chadzilla
Posted: 4/12/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to sprague lake this morning. Started fishing about 9 am. Fished at the docks at sprague lake resort and limited in 2hrs. Tried powerbait with no luck and switched to night crawlers. Immediately ...
By: troc
Posted: 3/28/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We hit Sprague lake on Sunday at around 0800 and started trolling J-9 orange bellied Rapalas close to the bottom on the downriggers. After 2 hours of no hits trolling close to the shore on the West en...