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By: jason1704
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Not a bad day, had a bunch of nibblers but I managed to land two 12"-13" fish within 20 min apart but that's all I needed for dinner.
By: TyB
Posted: 4/22/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Overslept yesterday morning and rushed to meet a friend at the lake only an hour and a half before class was to start. When I got there, my friend was fishing with powerbait and only had one fish. He ...
By: Dustin07
Posted: 4/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday morning wasn't as hot as saturday afternoon fishing, and I didn't see a single triploid caught (saturday night 5 or 6 of us on the dock got easy limits and 2-3 triploids each). But I still caug...
By: Dustin07
Posted: 4/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I know they were all stocker rainbows, but it was a great way to get back in the game. I C&R'd most and kept a one man limit between my buddy and I combined. They were biting everything.
The least...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/16/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, we decided to head east of the mountains for the day to get away from the rain. It was a nice sunny day over at Mattoon today....a bit windy, however. We did real well using Power eggs today. ...
By: TyB
Posted: 4/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another good day at Mattoon in our favorite spot. Bait (NOT powerbait) was the ticket today. The fish were surprisingly large with the largest at 16ish and the smallest round 11. Good luck out there. ...
By: guarddawg52
Posted: 4/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Anyone who has fished in Ellensburg knows that the wind never stops blowing. But that didn't discourage me and a couple co-workers from putting in time on Mattoon. The wind and slight rain and dark ...
By: TyB
Posted: 4/5/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I have had excellent luck here in the past few weeks in a spot I seldom see people fish. Today I, and a friend, decided to try something new. Using the same perch/gold kastmaster, we ventured to the o...
By: TyB
Posted: 3/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I have fished mattoon for the past three days and have yet to be dissapointed! I decided one day to finally catch a fish on a Kastmaster, as I have heard great things about them, but had yet to have a...
By: romanfishing
Posted: 1/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After reading the recent report, as experienced ice fishermen, we were confident that every one of us will get at least one 5 pounder on this lake. We came on the lake before 7 AM and found some old h...
By: TyB
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This is a report for the past two days: We arrived at the lake on saturday round 2pm and by 230 I successfully landed my first brute, a 23 in, 7lb hen, my largest fish so far in Washington state! We c...
By: TyB
Posted: 1/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Decided that the ice was thick enough to head out onto the ice. Ice is between 5 n 7 inches with about 3 inches or so of clear, clean ice. We set up camp about 50 yards from shore bout halfway up the ...
By: TyB
Posted: 9/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Was a little slow to begin but really picked up later in the evening. The brook trout was from the creek that runs behind the lake. It was caught by a friends 15y/o cousin. The other fish were already...
By: TyB
Posted: 9/22/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I have been going to Mattoon every night for the past 2 weeks, and nearly every night throughout the summer, and I am usually the only one there, other than the friends that go with. Idk why people do...
By: rjn cajun
Posted: 5/17/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
On a family camping trip near Ellensburg. Snuck off to fish this little lake. Got there and seen bloe gill and dinkers all over the shore. Then seen male and female trading places on the bed. Tried ev...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped at this lake off of I-90 in Ellensburg to do a little trout fishing on the way back from the Potholes, great bank access!! Buddy caught a nice 2lb rainbow, and I caught and released some dinks...
By: garryhar8
Posted: 4/20/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Caught limit of 15 to 18 inch triploid trout, in about 20 minutes, using a crome kastmaster lure
By: tmanjarrez
Posted: 4/8/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
With all the rain in Seattle, I thought I'd throw the poles in the truck and head east with my son for a little fishing. Got to Mattoon around 10am. My son had a solid hit on his first cast but that...
By: fisherkid
Posted: 6/2/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well lets i caught little bass and a little trout off the dock but i use the thing called brush hog june bug i had been castin g at this tree and i finally got a the attention of a 1-2 pound bass and ...
By: bigastrout
Posted: 1/30/2008
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 13:00 to 17:00. Used 1/64 ounce jig yellow body white tail tipped with a perch eye. Had a great time once I got them figured out. Caught numerous perch and one small bass though the ice. T...
By: bigastrout
Posted: 1/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake about 13:00 and fished until 16:30. The ice was about 8 inches thick. I now have one of those stories you have all heard I am sure. I had a total of four bites today using power bait...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/12/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/12/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a limit of trout this afternoon in about an hour using chartreuse power eggs. It was really windy which can be the norm if you know Ellensburg this time of year, so technique is important. When...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/4/2007
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished this lake w/ power eggs off the bottom and almost limited. Caught a couple of the jumbo planters and a couple regular planters. Lake still covered 2/3 with ice.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/1/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
There's still a lot of ice on the lake right now. That made it kinda hard to fish. I caught a few nice rainbows on power eggs and a couple on a mepps spinner. Weeds are almost too tall to fish with ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/1/2007
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Good action at Mattoon today caught and released five trout today on a rainbow trout rooster tail. Also saw a fisherman with an 8 pound brooder, Great Fish was 28" long.
And to you fisherman who a...