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By: Fish On!
Posted: 4/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I did what I thought was impossible and fished at a lake on the opening weekend and did not catch a single fish! I haven't fished Blue on the Opener in about 8 years after giving up on Jameson aft...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't hit RW in ages, so I headed on over to the north end and gave it a couple hours. 90 degrees and sunny made the fishing a bit tough. Water was the highest I've seen and really ripping. Col...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I spent the past 4 days camping at Banks Lake enjoying the hot sunny weather. I'm not a big bass/walleye fisherman, so wasn't really expecting to do so well. Temps were in the 80's-90's, with lit...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 4/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Week ago I tried to get into the N side of the lake, but the road into the WDFW access site was totally trashed by logging. Debris, junk, garbage has all but destroyed any of the remaining campsites...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It's been 4-5 years that I've missed the opener at Jameson after 20 some years of April and Oct. openers. This once incredible fishery has gone so far off the edge from what it once was. After rec...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 5/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Out for a day of exploring the area away from the net pens. Pretty lake, but zero fish or bites in about 1.5 hrs. using marshmallow and chunk of nightcrawler. Cast my homemade spinner for about 20 m...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 5/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I've been camped out at Banks Lake this past week and commuting to Rufus Woods. Checking out both sides of the river and exploring some new areas. Fished the middle net pen area several days and cau...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 5/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished E.WA this past week and decided to check out the conditions on Blue. Tons of little fish. Fished marshmallow and chunk of nightcrawler for about 45 mins and had constant bites. Not too impre...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 4/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Rufus Woods at the net pens shore fishing up and down the river all last week and knocked em silly. C&R easily 50 plus fish a day. Fish all ran from 14-20 inches. Largest was one about 3.5-...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 4/1/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My first time on the reservation and net pen area of Rufus Woods near Nespelem. Weather was not the best the past 3-4 days. Snow, wind, and sun. I had it all. Once I found the pen area I did some ...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 10/19/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 0
Fished: 10/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This is an interesting place to fish where you can fish for several days without a bite then wham, get into some beautiful fish. The Potholes Canal starts at Banks Lake with miles of river to lake ...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 9/17/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/12/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Chopaka is scheduled to be killed off soon and the regs are wide open to catch as many fish as possible. The over abundance of smallmouth bass was not evident from what I saw and caught. I fished th...