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Potholes Lake Report
Grant County, WA

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04/04/2015
36° - 40°
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Walleye
Worms
Chartreuse
Sunny
Mack's Wedding Ring
Morning
46° - 50°
04/07/2015
3
2959

We had a fun but chilly morning out on Potholes this past Saturday!
We fished the Crab Creek arm in 18-25 FOW. The fish are starting to move up into the shallower water and are coming out of their spawn. The water coming out of Moses Lake was a little dirty and the water we were fishing had a brown, dirty tint to it. So we had our most success with Chartreuse and Green colored Macks Lure Spindrift Walleye rigs. They had the great action combined with a big enough profile to see in the dirty water. The water temperature in the main lake was 43 degrees and in the arm was 48 degrees. We got a few decent keepers but had to go through some "smalleyes" to get them! All in all an awesome day on the water and looking forward to getting back out there again this weekend!

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livingston12
4/7/2015 10:25:00 PM
Don't understand the references to fishing around Crab creek in Potholes in several reports. Crab creek as an identifiable creek empties into Moses Lake and starts again out of the seep lakes below o'sullivan dam. This is from maps and Google earth. Where is the area in potholes that is being referred to?
uppercolumbiaguide
4/8/2015 7:24:00 AM
There is an arm that extends up to where water is dumped in from Moses Lake on the northeast part of the reservoir that is referred to as the Crab Creek Arm. It is an opening in the dunes and such that the fish move up into. Hope this helps Livingston12!
elk004
4/8/2015 12:36:00 PM
So they are done spawning? I didn't think they had even moved into the spawning area yet. On another note, can you tell me if it's safe to go up crab creek with a larger boat.? Is the channel marked?
uppercolumbiaguide
4/8/2015 7:57:00 PM
Yes they are coming out their spawn already. The channel is 8-12 feet deep and it is not marked at all. I have a 20 ft Lund and I go up there just fine. Hope this helps!
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