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Palouse River Report
Franklin County, WA

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04/19/2015
71° - 75°
Other
Catfish
Other
Sunny
Hook & Bait
Morning
56° - 60°
04/22/2015
3
6053

Fished from 9am-2pm. There are a ton of Walleye fisherman chasing fish up the Palouse with varying results. We fished the shallow 1.5-3 foot waters at the mouth for Channels and got bit using cut bait and dip bait. The cut bait was better and looking at the pic, I think you can see why. The largest fish (pox albs) was munching on his dinner before he picked up the dessert I presented. We landed 8 fish between the 3 of us. I imagine that the bite will only improve over the next 2 months.


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topdawg47
4/23/2015 9:06:00 PM
I miss fishing for channels. Not a lot of good spots over here on the west side of WA.
sinkerswim
4/26/2015 10:46:00 AM
Are you running a prop or a jet?
gregsalmon
4/26/2015 12:20:00 PM
Curious, what kind of fish was the one halfway inside the cat?
Jose Diaz
4/26/2015 12:25:00 PM
@sinkerswim - I'm running a Prop. There's plenty of water as long as you stick to the channel across that bay.

@gregsalmon- I suspect is a pike minnow. I didn't try do remove it as I was doing catch and release.
sinkerswim
4/26/2015 1:00:00 PM
Thanks for the info on that. Hoping to head over soon. Will take note of the current level :)
Jose Diaz
4/26/2015 5:32:00 PM
The trick is to stay on the left side of the bay then slowly cut across. The water will taper to about 2 feet before finding the main channel of the river again.
SnoKing
5/2/2015 9:27:00 PM
Fine fat Blue you got there Jose! What type of cut bait were you using? I'm heading over there on May 4th and spend a couple days.
Jose Diaz
5/2/2015 9:35:00 PM
I was using fresh pike minnow that I caught the day before. I also used secret seven dip bait. Over the weekend they were both equally successful.
apostolicman
5/26/2015 8:14:00 PM
Channel Catfish have a forked tail. They loose their spots as they age. The color can vary depending on diet, age, water clarity, etc...
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