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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Opening day was good - even with the amount of boats on the water. We were out at 6:00 am and could have limited in 30 minutes if we didn't release. Had three limits in an hour and a half - average ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/5/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
It was September 26, 2005 and a beautiful early fall morning. It seemed like a great day to spend on the lake hunting for America’s favorite game fish, the largemouth black bass. There was no ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Dakota had a great day on Benson recently, catching this nice trout at the boat launch. Photo by Bob Johansen
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/6/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I launched the boat on Benson at 7 am. The lake was shrouded in a light misty fog that hung like a feather over the water. The air was still and the surface of the lake was mirror smooth. I started fi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/19/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Benson lake has been on fire all season. Once again Me and my fishing buddies Brian E. and Dan H. along my longtime great fishing buddy, and Poggie brother Fred M. set out to catch the grandad, and on...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Every year me and my buddies fish her and have a little derby.
I had four people in my boat and we cleaned house in about
a hour. the smallest fish was 18' and the big one was 20'.
We used old scho...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/13/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/13/2003
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Dave decided to take me up to the rainy Peninsula for a day of fishing. It was an overcast day with a nice breeze on the lake.
We decided to fish by the dam and boy was that a good ch...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/6/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing gear was ready. The battery on the blue boat was fully charged and the tow vehicle was backed up to the garage door. A 4:00 AM take off was planned for a visit to Benson Lake. I didn’...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I live on Haven, so it wasn't much trouble getting in the boat. Trolled with my personal favorite watermelon colored sling blade dodger with about 2 feet of leader and a size 8 hook tipped with eggs. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We fish Kokanee a few times a year and here "all there is little ones" Well I don't know what there using but The Kids and Myself seem to always do well there. This weekend was no exception. We put...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Benson around 2:00 PM. Weather was overcast but warm. Went straight out from the boat launch. I caught my limit in about 1.5 hours and my buddy got his limit in about 2 hours. Used blue and gre...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/29/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake around 5:00am and began using chartreuse powerbait, caught a couple 12inchers around 6:00. Nothing till about 7:25am then it happened I decided to switch to red white and blue powe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Went out in the late afternoon, was very slow at first. then about 7:00 things picked up some, started to land them but nothing over 9 inch's. This lake is really good for boats, so will have to try t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/28/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2002
Hot Spots: 0
What a Sunday. I took my friend Derly and his wife, and there 2 children Cody who is 6 and Crista who is 4 on their first fishing adventure at 5 in the morning. It was fun we caught a lot of fish, Kri...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/18/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I know that the warm water has made westside trout fishing questionable, but I keep trying. Hit Benson lake at about 0700 until 1100. Surface temp was 70 degrees. Had a few hits, lost a nice fish (t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2001
Hot Spots: 0
My son Hunter and I got to Benson Lake at about 6:30am on Sunday morning. It was rainy and windy, but we found a nice area out of the wind on the far side of the lake and tied up to a submerged tree....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2000
Hot Spots: 0
We got to Benson at around 6:30 in the evening and were left at 8:00. Both of us did fairly well on the little ones ( most of the fish there range from 8"-10" )they were biting on anise marshmal...