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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence Fishing Reports
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By: Rick Brown
Posted: 6/28/2009
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We went to spring canyon - had a great day and caught lots of fish, we fished swawilla cove - we got four keeper kokanee - biggest was 22 inches and the smallest was 19 inches. Five rainbows and only ...
By: tcorrell
Posted: 7/18/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well after work yesterday my boy and I hit Roosevelt to give our first try at kokanee. we went to swawilla area. we fished in 40 to 60 feet of water. Didn't catch any kokanee but to rainbows. The Firs...
By: Gonzipheris
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We launched from Spring Canyon and fished from about 2pm until dark in and around Swallila Bay. We were marking a lot of fish and getting a lot of bites but we were unable to land anything with any si...
By: Rick Brown
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Spring Canyon Friday morning and had great luck - but nothing really BIG. I limited out on Kokanees plus a few I let go - I also caught ten rainbows - all were released unharmed - they were...
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 8/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Spring Creek about 10 am and shot up to the Swallila Basin.The fish were deep(45-100 ft.)Nothing over 12 inches in about 4 hours so I decided to try somewhere else.
By: Rick Brown
Posted: 4/7/2009
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife an I made the trip down to roosevelt on sunday.We launched at Spring Canyon at daylight and headed to Plum Pt. We trolled around till 11:30 am with no luck we marked a few on the fish finder b...
By: Rick Brown
Posted: 4/19/2009
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife an I fished roosevelt saturday with some friends.We put in at spring canyon and fished around plum pt. We caught one pretty nice kokanee and lost another then we made our way up to covington c...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Roosevelt-Swawilla Basin
(*Sorry for the dely of the report...more info found on the Cast and Blast post)
Weather/Conditions:
Higher prx now setting into area…large change from yesterd...
By: Rick Brown
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took the new boat out to put some hours on the motors and do some kokanee fishing.We put in at spring canyon.We trolled around for a long time without a bite. Finally around 10am we got our first fish...
By: OGFboat
Posted: 5/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day on the water! Did some boat camping at Keller Ferry, and hit the trout in the morning. Chartreuse trolling flies, and cinnamon trolling flies 10" behind a Mack's Double D was the tick...
By: Spokanee
Posted: 5/28/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! Had one of my best days on Roosevelt since I started fishing it in 2001. Got skunked on Banks Lake Friday and convinced my friends to give Rosie a shot for big kokes on Saturday. Opening ceremoni...
By: widebear
Posted: 4/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Two of us launched the boat at Keller and headed down to Swawilla. Started fishing shortly after 8am and we were done at 12:45. Water was 47 deg when we started and 50 deg when we quit. Hootchies at a...
By: widebear
Posted: 5/7/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at Keller and two of us headed to Swawilla Basin. Lines in the water by 9am. Started off slow and then around 10:30 we had a Kok on and lost him at the boat. Started catching Bows and lost 2 mo...
By: widebear
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Two of us were at Swawilla today and did real well on bows but did not boat a Kokanee. Lines in the water at 7:45 and started catching bows quickly. Four poles out and all were catching fish. Two surf...
By: widebear
Posted: 5/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Swawilla again today and basically the same story. Lots of bows any depth you want to fish. They are really good fighting fish and running from 17 to 20". Did not have any Kok's to the boat. Maybe one...
By: widebear
Posted: 6/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Keller and started fishing at Swawilla Basin. Had the lines in the water by 6:30. Water temp when we started was 57 with very little wind. Haven't been fishing for two weeks and the fish ...
By: troc
Posted: 3/31/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Roosevelt continues to produce some nice fat rainbows but you have to work for them a bit harder these days. We trolled J-9 orange belly Rapalas with 3 colors of leaded line and mono down 20 feet...
By: widebear
Posted: 4/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Keller today and headed up river to Hanson Harbor. Lines in the water by 9am and had 5 bows 16 to 18" by 11. Picked up and headed down to Spring Canyon and got 3 more bows and not one Kok....
By: widebear
Posted: 4/10/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took two ole Buddies fishing today and we did well. Launched at Keller and started fishing at the white pipes at 7:45. Trolled all the way to Swawilla and had 4 Bows by 11. Once we got to the north sh...
By: widebear
Posted: 1/26/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Just got back from Lake Roosevelt. Had the kid with me and we went down by Spring Canyon to try and catch some Kok's. Wind was calm and water smooth when we got there and started catching fish right a...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 2/1/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Friday and Saturday. We launched out of Seven Bays Friday morning and started trolling in the bay as you come out of the launch area. The water was calm, too calm. I like some cho...
By: dharris
Posted: 11/23/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent another great day on the water chasing "Bows" with my brother and nephew. Had a blast giving my brother a hard time for losing fish after fish. Good thing was that they just kept biting so after...
By: widebear
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Keller Ferry yesterday morning in search of the elusive Kokanee. Read in the Spokesman a few were being picked up. Boated down to Swawilla Basin to start. Wind made it tough to fish where...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Finally was able to get son in law and grandson out to Roosevelt for some of the great fall/winter trout fishing. Left Spokane at 7:00 am and drove down on great roads. Only frost was in shaded area...
By: widebear
Posted: 1/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Lincoln and was fishing down by Whitestone by 8:30. Had 2 old fishing bud's with me and were back at the dock by 12 noon. They were hitting anything we put out. Green mossy muddler, broken...
