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By: hewesfisher
Posted: 5/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We were at Seven Bays for the weekend and though we arrived Friday morning, winds were too high to launch. I'd have gone out, but my fishing partner would have none of it.
Launched at 5:55 Saturday...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 3/17/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Rated a 3 even though my day was a 4, my partner's was a 1.
Broke away from the busy schedule I seem to keep these days and headed Roosevelt. Slid the boat off the trailer at Seven Bays just after ...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 1/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well, our target was kokanee, but they didn't cooperate.
With lots of things demanding my time elsewhere, winter fishing has been something I just think about lately. Combined with the "boomerang" ...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 11/1/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Combined report for 10/26 & 10/27.
Fished afternoon both days until just after sunset. Slow action mid-afternoon with bite picking up just as sun dropped to horizon. Lines in the water Monday by 2:...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 10/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First trip of the fall/winter season, good weather, light winds, minimal boat traffic, and fish were biting!
Started off near Lincoln, worked the entire shoreline all the way to the bend. We caught...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 8/7/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Lines in the water at 7:11am and our two per person kokanee limit in the cooler just before 9am. My buddy caught a couple nice 16" RBTs in addition to his 2 kokanee and I caught a 17" walleye to compl...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 7/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Two day trip, 7/28 & 7/29.
Fished afternoon on the 28th, lines in the water right at 4pm. Had 4 kokanee to the boat, 3 made it in the net, the 4th lost due to operator error. Debbie boated two one ...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Short and simple. Lines in the water near Keller Ferry by 7:15, limits in the cooler by 11am. Had my limit before 9am, but took longer for my buddy to complete his. Pink Apex was the hot lure, and wha...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 7/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had a break in commitments, temps were forecast to be moderate (early anyway), and my fishing buddy was game for an 0430 departure to head for Roosevelt.
We launched just after 0630 and made the 45...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 6/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is a combined report for the 6th and 7th.
My brother and sister in law came east to spend the weekend with us at Roosevelt. My wife had to work Friday, so the rest of us headed up late morning...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 1/27/2015
Species: Burbot
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We finally got a burbot trip in with Craig Dowdy of YJ Guide Service. Debbie & I have been trying to make this happen for a couple years, but between schedule conflicts, arctic conditions, and poor wa...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 1/22/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It was bound to happen sooner or later, fishing, or rather catching, was definitely off. We got off to a slight late start due to fog and icy roads pre-dawn, but it cleared once we got on the road. De...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 1/7/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
No on water pics to accompany yesterday's report just a shot of fish in the cooler after I got home. Was waiting for a nice carryover and we didn't find one by the time we filled our limits.
Pulled...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 12/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
No pictures for this report, yep, we were that busy. ;-)
Launched from Seven Bays and had lines in the water at 9:20. We were fishing the Sterling Point "area". First fish in the cooler at 9:30am, ...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 11/20/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try a new spot yesterday, well not really new, just a change from Lincoln area. Launched at Seven Bays just before 10 and motored down to Sterling Point area with lines in the water and tro...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 11/3/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched mid-morning in breezy and wet conditions. Ginger wasn't happy with the boat ride, but I knew the rougher water meant good fishing!
Went back to my normal setups, with Kekeda flies on the l...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 11/3/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Things have finally settled down some and we decided to take a week off and spend at our place in Seven Bays. It almost worked, we got 4 days instead of a week. ;-)
I went up Tuesday so I could get...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 9/2/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Another no photo report. I didn't forget the camera, but the net pen fish weren't worth a photo op. ;-)
Launched from Seven Bays at 6am and lines in the water by 6:45. Trolled two leaded line rigs ...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 8/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided I needed a break from remodeling work, prepping for a wedding reception, and practically no fishing time. After receiving some positive feedback from a good friend last week I called my fishin...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 6/17/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First day of a 2 day trip. Launched around 1pm and headed to the San Poil. Lots of debris in the water made for a stressful boat ride, but fortunately, no mishaps.
Lines in the water at 1:45, troll...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 1/17/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took a friend up to Roosevelt yesterday to share my birthday with on the water. We launched at Seven Bays about 11am and headed downstream from Lincoln. We spent the whole outing in that area.
We a...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 1/2/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Short report and no pictures.
Slipped the boat in the water at Seven Bays and headed for Lincoln at 12:40. First fish in the boat at 12:55, then a double that became a single, then the bite went aw...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 12/29/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Left Spokane at 8am and fought the fog from Airway Heights to the cutoff road, sometimes with no more than 50yds visibility if that. Always amazed at the number of drivers I see in those conditions wi...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 12/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Schedules and weather haven’t been kind toward a trip to Roosevelt lately, but our schedules cleared and weather cooperated so we dressed warm, packed a lunch, and headed for the lake. The drive was f...
By: hewesfisher
Posted: 11/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Combined report for Fri/Sat.
Hit the water sometime about 1 or so Friday and had two limits in the cooler before 4. We lost a couple nice ones, one due to a failed knot (blush) and the other due to...