Has anyone fished Idaho lakes near washington spokane area? this year?

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aquaholic
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Has anyone fished Idaho lakes near washington spokane area? this year?

Post by aquaholic » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:25 pm

I just wanted to know if any lakes out there are fishable yet??? Hauser, Spirit, Fernan???????
anybody???

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RE:Has anyone fished Idaho lakes near washington spokane area? this year?

Post by Gisteppo » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:41 pm

Long is currently, but just for shore fishing. Water will be up pretty close to the launches this weekend.

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RE:Has anyone fished Idaho lakes near washington spokane area? this year?

Post by aquaholic » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:06 pm

Gisteppo do you think crappie might be biting this time of year??? or bass? or is it just trout??
Thanks for any info I heard you are a Long lake guy.

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RE:Has anyone fished Idaho lakes near washington spokane area? this year?

Post by aquaholic » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:18 pm

One more thing when you say launches, I only know of two. The nine mile one and the one on the resort like 25min past the 9mile one. When does the resort open??? I launched at 9mile once last year and its was a one shallow ride.

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RE:Has anyone fished Idaho lakes near washington spokane area? this year?

Post by Palmer » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:27 pm

Contact the Pend Oreille Valley Sportsman Shop at 208-437-3636.
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RE:Has anyone fished Idaho lakes near washington spokane area? this year?

Post by Gisteppo » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:28 am

There are 3 public launches currently:

Spokane house (hwy 291)
Nine Mile Resort (near my place, now run by Avista, summertime only)
DNR (out past Tumtum)

There are also club launches in all of the various neighborhoods where you must be a member to launch. If you know someone, you can launch on them.

I will do a detailed launch site description on the Spokane house launch upriver, which will hopefully be added to the lake report. Its not particularly deep, but if you know where to go, it isnt dangerous in the least.

Crappie started last year about apr 10th or so, deep water bass can be had right now, but low fish numbers for lots of hours. Perch are out there, but I havent caught any yet. Trout and whitefish are plentiful at both ends, with all of the sucker and carp feeding as well (fun to stretch a line on).

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