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By: nvan
Posted: 11/23/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/2/2024
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing has not been stellar so far for me at Roosevelt. My biggest curiosity is why so few fishing reports of any kind are being posted? Usually by now, Roosevelt is hot and there are plenty of fis...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/4/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/21/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't seen any reports on trout lately so this is from Oct. Fished White Rock to Sterling Point. Used planner boards and downriggers all day with good success. Ended up with 3 limits of nice rainbo...
By: nvan
Posted: 6/25/2018
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We just got back from spending 3 days fishing with Reel Obsessions for Chinooks, halibut, ling cod and rock fish. Our guide, Aaron could really find the fish. Fishing was very slow for Chinooks but ...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/7/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great weekend at Roosevelt. Did some burbot fishing at night with limited results and some great trout fishing each day. If it weren't for leaded line we would not have caught very many fish a...
By: nvan
Posted: 10/24/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Saturday on Roosevelt at Sterling Point. When I read in Thursday's paper that Roosevelt was a sure bet (maybe not a direct quote but the intent I think), we got an early start and were the fir...
By: nvan
Posted: 10/11/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
One of my favorite places to fish is on the Coquille River with my brother. I spent 5 days there (Oct 6-10) and had some of the best fishing we have had in a long time. We started off Thursday AM ...
By: nvan
Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I spent a great week in the San Juan Islands last week with family and friends, and with the exception of no salmon to be found, it was fabulous. We started out in Anacortes crabbing. Sat...
By: nvan
Posted: 2/15/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived late Fri afternoon at Fort Spokane to launch the boat. As we were launching, two boats pulled in and reported they hadn't a bite all day down river at White Stone. Not the report I wanted...
By: nvan
Posted: 2/1/2016
Species: Burbot
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/31/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Two Rivers with my wife's cousin and his 10 year old son for some "first time" burbot fishing. Went to launch our boat but with the low water levels, ended up launching at Fort Spokane. On...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/16/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We left Spokane Friday evening with winds blowing pretty good and the forecast for Saturday was looking stormy and wet. Launched at Two Rivers, found a slip and were ready to get an early start, expe...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/9/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Day 1, (Saturday 11/7) started out fishing bright and early At White Stone, lines in the water before 7AM. I had higher expectations for the fishing actions than what we got. Very slow start. Almos...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out Friday evening in order to get an early start Saturday AM. We headed to White Rock and were fishing by 7:30. Fishing wasn't on fire but the bite was consistant. The only consistant produ...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/4/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing late on Saturday out in front of Two Rivers. Fishing was pretty slow. About 10 AM we headed to Split Rock hoping to find some fish. Not much there either. Finished the day back in ...
By: nvan
Posted: 9/2/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Spent 3 days in Southern Oregon fishing with my brother out of Bandon. Fishing was very slow. We had a number of hits but only three fish and one of those was a jack. The kings were 24# and 18# bot...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow what a great day to get on the water. We hit the water just at daybreak (6:30ish) and motored back to Split Rock. Last week, we did very well in the bays. This week, the bays produced very litt...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/4/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Two Rivers to launch Friday PM. After finding a slip, we tossed out a glob of worms to the bottom and within 30 min. had my first burbot!! A 24" beauty. Off to a great start. Saturday A...
By: nvan
Posted: 9/1/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a week in the San Juan Islands starting in Anacortes for some crabbing. The crabbing was good and the crab were big. We caught 16 over two days using old trout fillets. Excellent bait.
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By: nvan
Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at Brewster late Thursday evening, motored up to our anchoage spot near the mouth of the Okanogan and spent the night. We chose this weekend prior to knowing the derby was going on but yo...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/12/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
As last week, we launched at Two Rivers Marina Friday evening and got an early start to White Rock Saturday, fishing by 7:30AM. Unlike last week, fishing was terribly slow. We had two hits right off...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/5/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another great weekend on Roosevelt. Launched at Two Rivers Fri night and stayed at the marina. Got an early start and were at White Rock (Stone) with our lines in the water by 7:30. We fished Rippi...
By: nvan
Posted: 9/21/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Enjoyed a great 3 days on the Coquille River. Launched at Bullards, motored downriver 100 yards or so, set out about 45' of line with a cut plug herring and in less than 15 minutes, had a beautiful 1...
By: nvan
Posted: 9/14/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the tide waters of the Coquille River out of Bandon, OR. Over a three day period we boated 4 nice Kings. 17#, 19, 22 and 22.5#'s. My daughter caught the 19 and 22.5. Cut plug herring was...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/14/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I struggled to even write a report today because the fishing was so poor for us. I hope the fishing was better for everyone else. We began our trip at White Rock for about two hours. Not even a hit...
By: nvan
Posted: 11/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
What a difference a week makes. Still slow but the fish were in close yesterday. We only hit one fish in deeper water and this week, nothing over 19". Most of the fish came off leaded line with eit...
By: nvan
Posted: 10/31/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My first Fall trip to Roosevelt this year and it was a slow one. We caught only 5 fish, but they were very nice. Four at 19 inches and one 21 incher. All caught on a Rippin Minnow with mono. We tr...