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Well, the weekend is over and all is great. The fishing on Rufus the past few days was great as usual but the catching was slower Saturday .

Friday we could not keep the fish off our hooks. The three of us onboard spent the day catching and mostly releasing at least 40 fish. We spent most of the morning trolling along the “Can Line” near the dam and finished the day pitching spoons toward the southern bank between pump casings#1 and #2. Most of the fish caught while pitching spoons were hooked no more than 5 feet from the bank. Our largest fish for the day top the scale at 7 1/4 pounds and we managed to keep 5 more fish between 2 and 5 1/2 pounds. All of our big fish were caught trolling!

Saturday was another story. We started by running up to the banks between casings #1 and #2 and only had marginal luck. Then, not wanting to waste time, we ran back to the “Can Line” and once again started trolling using the same gear as yesterday. Unlike the day before the fish had dropped in the water column to the 25-foot level. We only managed to catch 4 fish worth keeping. We did catch throughout the day but most were small considering we were fishing Rufus.

There were two other boats in our party and they did about as well. They spent most of their time trolling along the right bank looking upstream between the “Cans” and pump casing #1.

I hope you enjoy the attached pictures. They include, morning breakfast at one of our camps, and a picture of my grandson Kristian holding his day's catch.

If anyone would like to contact the state park ranger at Bridgeport and check if the park is still open just drop me a “PM” and I will forward his phone #.

kutthroatkilla

12/8/2008 5:20:00 AM

Atta boy Stampie. Way to go my man!

blufin loui

12/8/2008 6:31:00 AM

One happy looking "Grandson" , and a nice fishing camp. Love to see those youngsters have a chance at the "real" world.
Keep up the great work stampie.

mikel

12/8/2008 7:37:00 AM

looks like deer camp all over again and those are some nice pigs good job

kevinb

12/8/2008 9:22:00 AM

Well done and excellent report.

Fishmanic

12/8/2008 3:53:00 PM

Did you guys try fishing right off the docks at the State Park? We knocked them dead at the dock, better than in the lake in the boat.

Anonymous

12/8/2008 5:34:00 PM

Thanks to all for your kind comments. My grandson did fish a bit from the dock and managed to catch one.

bigbowkes

12/10/2008 2:35:00 PM

do the trout at Rufus smoke up good?

Anonymous

12/10/2008 3:04:00 PM

Normally I am not a fan of smoked trout but there is one exception - Rufus! Rufus trout's thick fat lawyer just below the skin and the deep orange/red meat makes for some awsome smoked fish. Make sure you remember the smoker if your headed that way.

bigbowkes

12/12/2008 12:43:00 PM

ok great! Is the bank fishing any good there at Rufus? I am headed that way in January with about 5 other guys for a guys fishing trip and we dont have a boat.

Anonymous

12/12/2008 3:15:00 PM

The bank fishing is fantastic. The most popular areas are the net pens, Corp launch area Cheif Joe Dam, and points along the road from the Corp launch up to about the first pump casing on the river. There are other areas but I don't know how to get to them. There are a few "locals" that fish Rufus. I suggest your question be directed thoward the whole forum. I am sure you will get some good quality info as to where and how.

fishdoc

12/21/2008 9:03:00 PM

Nice job! Great report!

Gigstead

12/23/2008 12:01:00 PM

Does anyone know if there is a place to hook up a RV to power this time of year in or around Bridgeport? I want to head up for a couple of days of fishing and thought if I could plug in the trailer I could avoid a hotel... If not what about hotels? Thanks!

Anonymous

12/24/2008 2:40:00 PM

Gigstead,

I believe your best bet would be the Pateros Super Stop. The contact info is:

Business Name: Pateros Super Stop
Street Address: 245 Lakeshore Drive
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 147,
Pateros, WA 98846
Telephone: 509-923-2200
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.PaterosSuperStop.com

Gigstead

12/26/2008 11:45:00 AM

Thank you Stampie!

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