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By: Boulton 20
Posted: 7/23/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, today was slowwwwwwwww, managed one walleye and a trout. The wind laid down and the weather was nice, but fishing............well thats another thing. We did catch this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 7/21/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tuesday after a nice vacation at lake roosevelt. A week away from the lake and it was a whole new animal.Pulled cranks in a 15-20 mph wind learning some whole new tricks. Boated 22 walleye rele...
By: Boulton 20
Posted: 7/21/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started the morning fishing in Crab Creek. Wind came up early and was a factor the whole day. Started with worm rigs, and picked up a couple of fish, but the wind made worm fishing tough. Switched to ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/20/2011
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
MarDon Resort FRESH NEWS Fishing Report 7/19/11
By: Nick Barr
It is amazing to see how a lake transforms in a week’s time. As the water level in Potholes Reservoir continues to d...
By: OregonAngler
Posted: 7/18/2011
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
MarDon Resort Potholes Fishing Report 7/14/11
By: Mike Meseberg& Nick Barr
With some of the strangest weather lately, the fishing seems to just be getting better and better as the water level ...
By: fishinChristian
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Preface: I really love my wife. What other wife would ask to go fishing as an anniversary trip, when offered virtually any alternative she wanted? If you are married to one, you are blessed. Of co...
By: Boulton 20
Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 730, and ran over to Crab Creek. Caught 4 right off the bat, and then somone threw the switch off, never got a nother hit until 1:00. In the matter off an 30 minutes we hooked up 6...
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Nearly every day Wednesday through Sunday. Wednesday 12 walleye with a couple over 22". Friday 10 walleye with one over 22". Saturday 21 walleye with 4 between 21&22" a 2.5lb largemouth and one...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/3/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ready or not here comes the 4th of July, 2011 edition. The water level on Potholes Reservoir has dropped rapidly as of late, with the elevation above sea level at 1,042.30 feet, roughly a foot...
Posted: 6/27/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Saturday with a tough bite in Crab Creek in the morning, one 17'' fish. Moved to the dunes and wacked two 29'' 10 pounders and a 6 more between 18 and 25"! Great day having to release 22, 24, a...
By: jbball50
Posted: 6/25/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So my dad came over this weekend to help me move some stuff into my new place so he brought the boat over so we could do some fishing today. We decided to go to Potholes because he wanted to catch so...
By: Boulton 20
Posted: 6/23/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well after some debate, the wife and I decided to hire a guide and speed up the learning curve when it comes to walleye fishing. I called Shelby Ross after seeing his video here on Washington Lakes. ...
By: Nick_Barr
Posted: 6/23/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I took my client Ed out this morning before work at MarDon Resort on Potholes Reservoir. It was very calm and hot. With water temps ranging 64-72F
We got out fairly late for this time of year at 6:...
Posted: 6/20/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our Walleye fishing was as hot as it gets at the start of the weekend, Limits on Thursday, with 2 25'' fish, and 4 21''. Limits on Friday with 6 21'' fish, As the weekend wore on and the flat in Crab ...
By: fishinChristian
Posted: 6/19/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went with dogs and pontoon. Caught 37 largemouth, about 2 dozen smallmouth, 2 walleye, 7 crappie, 2 catfish, a carp, numerous perch, a really dumb trout (19" on a 9" plastic worm). Yellow and black ...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 6/19/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks WL for the walleye video with Ross's guide service. It was the missing piece to puzzle for Thomas and I after many years of frustration.. caught 10 Friday, 5 Sat and finished up with 6 on a sho...
By: Nick_Barr
Posted: 6/15/2011
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out and fun fished today for a few hours during the day and a few hours at sundown.
Went for smallmouth at lunchtime. Water was 61F at the dam. Hooked a HUGE walleye, probably the largest I've...
Posted: 6/15/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Monday and Tuesday. Got a hot tip on a spot near Crab Creek so Monday morning we started at 6 and the bite was on! We boated 16 Walleye and 1 smallmouth. We had to release a 22 1/2" Walleye as ...
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 6/12/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got woke up early in the AM to the woman putting together a yard sale so I rocketed out of bed hooked up the boat and I was gone.Spent the majority of the day up crab creek trolling worm harnesses in ...
By: Nick_Barr
Posted: 6/7/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
NWBASS Tournament on Potholes Reservoir June 4th
Held out of MarDon Resort
Tournament was won by Lynch & Tripp with almost 23 lbs. of Largemouth
Levi Rodelo & I finished in the 30's somewhere...
Posted: 6/3/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The warm weather brought us a great morning bite. We boated 17 walleye including a 28'' a 24'' and several just under 22''. The fish are in weed beds on the edges of open channels, nearly every fish w...
By: fishinChristian
Posted: 6/1/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to potholes with the single pontoon this time. Figured there would be less of a crowd in the afternoon of the last day of the Memorial Day weekend. Honor and thanks to those who have served.
S...
Posted: 5/31/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Potholes continues to produce some of the best sized walleye in several years. The numbers are not fantastic, we have been catching 8-12 fish per half day trip. The sun has finally decided to shine so...
By: FishingThePacNW
Posted: 5/29/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So woke up friday morning and did the 3 hour drive to potholes! Got there about 8:30 and got a tent site! We went to Mardons and asked what was hitting the bass and we got a Senko and some Gamakatsu h...
By: billdance
Posted: 5/24/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Potholes Sunday and Monday. Maybe it was the weather cooling off or maybe it was the fisherman, but fishing was a grind. Water level is still really high. Totaled 6 fish for the two days(all ...