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By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After appointments in wenatchee this morning, Cindy and I headed up to Rufus Woods in the afternoon. Our plan was to make a run up to the pens, and catch the afternoon bite. When we arrived at the low...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/16/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up this morning to fog and a wife who wanted to go fishing. So after a nice hot cup of Blue Mountain coffee and a homemade blueberry scone, I rigged up the bimini top and snapped on the sides to ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/14/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
HOLY MACKEREL or I should say MACKINAW. Once again I had the pleasure of being in Joe’s boat. He wanted a few fish to smoke, and I just needed to catch a fish. We arrived at his starting point on L...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Just my .02 worth on Jigmeister and My trip to Rufus. The wind was calm in some stretches of the river and white capping in others. we ended up going down from the upper pens all the way to the lower...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
WOW, WHAT A DAY!! The planetary alignments must have been in my favor as I was able to make a trip out on Lake Chelan with Joe from Lake Chelan Adventures (a sponsor on the site) after not being able...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/2/2011
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy and I drove over to Roses around noon to check out the ice conditions. Lots of traffic had been down to the parking area, so hard packed snow/ice to drive on. Looking out over the lake there we...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/27/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few hours to kill, so launched the boat at Mill Bay and headed up to the Yacht Club area to try for some of the Big Lakers that hang out there. I trolled for a couple of hours, and had two hits...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at the Corps launch above Chief Joseph Dam around 11ish, and as I was rigging up and warming the engine, Cindy was casting a Crocodile. She was getting a couple of follows, and had one hooked...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Since I had some time to kill today, I ran over to Roses Lake around noonish, and hit the few spots along the parking area shore line. I rigged up one rod with worm/powerbait Dropshot style, and set i...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/10/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
An outstanding December day in the Seaton's Grove area. I met up with Malottguy at Brewster and headed over to the Seaton's Grove launch. We got on the water around 9:30 or so. We dropped down to the...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at the corps launch above Chief Joseph dam around 10:30-11ish. A little bit of ice on the ramp, so be cautious. It can be Slick when you step out of the rig. We headed up stream to the "Cabin...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/19/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
BRRRRRRRRRRRRR it was chilly out today. Cindy and I thought we would hit the Rufus before the temps plummented to the single digits, so after watching the morning pass with a cup of joe, we got on the...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/5/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
First time out using Bottom Bouncers. Cindy and I have been wanting to do the walleye thing in the Upper Rufus Woods after reading reports for several years. I asked some of the members for some ins...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/23/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry there are no Pics. Cindy and I had the day off, so up to RW we went. We launched at the corps launch (Chief Joseph) and headed up to the lowermost pens. The surface water temp was 60* at the ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/3/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Woooo Hooooo, October is here and cooler weather to follow. Man I love this weather. Sunshine (eastside anyway) moderate temps, and fall is upon us. Cindy and I took a trip to Rufus Woods to explore t...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 9/11/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
With it being such a beautiful day, wife and I decided to run up to Manson and put the boat in Roses Lake. Launched around 11-11:30 and took out around 4:30. Calm to light breeze, upper 60s to mid 70s...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 8/30/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
With the dropping temps, Cindy and I made a Sunday boat ride at Rufus Woods. The Air temp was in the upper 60s when we launched at the corps launch at Chief Joseph Dam, and the water temp at the dock ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 8/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy and I made another one of our Sunday rides (boat that is) up to the lower pens. It is a great way to get out and relieve some stress. With salmon running, there isn't much of a crowd at the lau...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 7/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy woke up this morn with a gap toothed smile and a desire to go fishing. Somehow she lost a filling during the night (didn't swallow the filling), and will have to make a run to the dentist for so...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 7/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy had the day off, so up to Rufus Woods we went. Launched at the corps launch at Chief Joesph Dam, and arrived at the lower most pens around 0900. The ride up river was spectacular. Smooth water ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 7/11/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Put the boat in at Roses around 0900 Sunday morning with a friend and his son. We eased along casting to the shoreline/toulees. We used Tiny poppers on the fly rod, and the jig in 1/80, 1/32, & 1/16 ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After having lunch and a rest, we headed over to Wapato to check out the Spiny Rays. We thought to hit wapato instead of Roses because we thought Wapato would have less big boat traffic. WRONG!! The...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy wanted to go out this Morning, so we was on the water around 5:30 or so. Put down a purple glow Flatfish smeared real good with Smelly Jelly Shrimp flavor, and a blue back/white belly flat fish ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/27/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After leaving a no fish morning on Lake Chelan, I launched at Roses a little before noon. There were several "large" boats (skiers, tubers, and joy riders) on the water, and the lake was choppy from t...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/27/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Chelan for a couple of hours this AM, launched at Mill Bay and worked the Mack Bar. I marked fish in several locations, and had 6-7 hits with three hook-ups. All three were lost before I coul...