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By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Finally was able to get son in law and grandson out to Roosevelt for some of the great fall/winter trout fishing. Left Spokane at 7:00 am and drove down on great roads. Only frost was in shaded area...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 12/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
WOW what a day! We launched out of Seven Bays and started trolling just out of the bay about 9:00 this morning. The drive down was not too bad with ice and fog only in some limited spots along the w...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 11/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Brrrr...cold morning 13 degrees when we left home. Roads were good and hopes were high for another day of fast fishing at Roosevelt. Put in at Ft Spokane; the launch was icy to say the least. I thi...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 11/16/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day at Roosevelt. Got to sleep in this morning and it was after 10 when we got to Ft Spokane and put the boat in. Great trip no snow!
I had a friend along named Lloyd who is 86 year...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 10/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Left Spokane at 6:00AM in the FOG. Slow going and didn't get out of it until we were almost to Fort Spokane. Started trolling a mudler and a Frisky Jenny Trick Er Treat on three colors lead at 2 mph...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/18/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the 5th through the 15th for King salmon at the mouth of the Deschutes on the Columbia. We found the fishery to be a mixed bag of success for us trollers. We fished a variety of Brads S...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/24/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Oh boy....got a late start and left the lantern in the truck to boot. Got started about 9:30; an hour late. Glad we launched close at to the resort. Ended with 20 caught on corn and maggots in 35' ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went Kokanee night fishing last night. Returned to 34 feet deep from last weeks foray into the 40' depth. Fishing was really hot from 9:30 to 10:30 pm. Then the lite breeze changed to no wind and t...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Night fished Loon last night for kokanee. Nice night after all of the storms the last few days. Set up on the south end of the lake at 40' hoping to increase the size according to one WL member. No...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/27/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great night at Loon last night for kokanee. Had our limit (20) by 10:45 PM. They were 11 to 12 inches, nice and fat. Fished the south end 32/34' feet deep with glow hooks baited with magg...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/13/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took my wife to Loon last night for "Date Nite". Stopped on the way and had a gourmet Meal (hamburger) and then off to fishing. It was a nice evening with lite wind and of course no skiers since it ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/8/2013
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We were at a Men's retreat in Kettle Falls on lake Roosevelt from May 30th to June 2nd. We had six or seven boats with two to three guys each out fishing for walleye each day. The bite was really off...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/28/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I decided to fish Loon Monday AM for the kokanee, They are growing and they are now right at 11 inches. We did not get started till 10 AM which is late. Fished till 1:30 and got twelve....
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/18/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing around 7:30 AM. Fished leaded lines and downriggers in the Granite Point area. Lots of fish on the sonar from top to bottom. Looks like the kokanee are schooling up. The weather wa...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at Spring Canyon about 7:00 AM. Trolled tackle targeted at Kokanee and caught 5 nice fat rainbows about 18" each. Lost three or four before we got them to the net...maybe they were the ko...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 4/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Great opening day. Only a little crazy at the ramp! Arrived at 7:00AM and had three limits by 10:30. 8 browns, 5 planter bowes and two brooder stocked jumbos. All in all a great morning. Red wedd...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/12/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Left Spokane at 6:00 AM roads were OK with some slick spots. Temp was 22 degrees. Headed North out of Davenport and the temp dropped to 17 degrees brrr....... Just as we were coming down the hill t...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 12/2/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I took my son and two grandsons fishing on Sprague Lake the day after Thanksgiving. It was overcast, a little windy and spitting rain part of the time. The water was 41.5 degrees....brr...... I had ...