Gringo Pescador
4/7/2008 9:43:00 AMThanks for letting me and fish-dog tag along GPC! It was definitely was a fun time and a busy morning! I ended up catching fish on: Black on Black Panther Martin, Black Jig, and a Yellow Macks Promise Keeper. But the lure of the day for me was a green #3 Blue Fox. It seemed I was hooking up about every other cast. Drove fish-dog nuts letting all those fish go!. Like GPC said, all fish were between 3/4 - 2.5lb - though I did keep one that weighed out at 3# and let 2 more go that were about the same size. What I found interesting was I think the 4 of us were having far better luck that anyone else there and for the most part we were not using bait. And the fish seemed to all be hooking up around 15-20' from shore - I think I only hooked two that were farther out. I also heard a couple people talk about the water being really high - though I have nothing to compare it too.
HammerinHonkers
4/7/2008 12:18:00 PM
HammerinHonkers
4/7/2008 12:20:00 PMI was thinking about heading to rufus at the end of the month. I am heading over to eastern washington for th trout opener and wanted to give rufus a try while over there. Where do you put in at, and how far of a run is it to the net pens. I have a 14 ft boat bit only a 6 horse motor, is it a long run? Any other pointers would be great, sounds like you guys had a blast, I would love to hook into some of those trips. Thanks Guys
HH
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eustace
4/7/2008 3:40:00 PMNice! I fish there from time to time but, it's been a while. I was wondering if they still catch walleye in that lake like they used to. We used fish it for the Walleye below GCD and troll for the Trips.
northfork
4/7/2008 11:08:00 PMWay to go. Can't wait to launch the boat and see if we can't find some bigger Trips.
My brother and I will be there the weekend of the 19th with our secret weapon. Going to try catching some Walleyes also.
HH there is a launch just upriver from the lower pens that you should be able to launch at with no problem.
My brother and I will be there the weekend of the 19th with our secret weapon. Going to try catching some Walleyes also.
HH there is a launch just upriver from the lower pens that you should be able to launch at with no problem.
bazzdude
4/8/2008 12:28:00 PMGreat report man, sounds like roofus woods is the hott spot in the state right now, i am heading up there tomorrow morning for an over night stay. I only have a 12foot alumanum with a small trolling motor, i would rather just bank fish, you think that would produce fish just as well? Ok, hopefully i hear back from you before the morning.
*PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE*
*PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE*
gpc
4/8/2008 9:09:00 PMRob G. I think I am going to hit blue and park lake for the opener. Grand Coulee is only an hour run from Blue Lake, and the net pens are only about 20 miles past Grand Coulee. It would be a great place for the kids. I am no expert at Rufus, but I at least know how to get to the net pens and where to get the tribal permits.
