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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/15/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/15/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We went up to the lake at about 4:30pm and it was already dark. It was my first time ever fishing with a rubber worm, I was expecting to get nothing or else maybe a little bass, but after about two ca...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/12/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Finally, a day off! Decided to do a little exploring and try a new lake. Arrived at 9:30 after making the mistake of trying to get to the lake from Oso (I hit a steep, gravel road that required me to ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/19/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Took a small row boat out and trolled a wedding ring / worm behind a
17" thin blade trolling setup. Caught 5 kokanee (8-10 inch) in about an
hour on Saturday (about 3:00pm). Had the same results whe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/5/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/5/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Again I used a rubber worm with a 3/16 oz weight and the first time I reeled up I caught an 18 inch rainbow. also that something happened with the water, don't know if the water was poisoned or too ho...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/19/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/19/2005
Hot Spots: 0
the bass are still all hiding, the trout were still all jumping, I set up a couple of poles on the small island with a worm on the bottom. the trout were not biting anything!! but there still are a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
This lake has never disappointed me with all of its action. My partner and I worked this lake from 9:30am until 5:00pm. Water temperature was at 42 degrees and we endured snow, hail, rain and wind. We...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/22/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived around 13:30, warm, sunny, calm. Wind kicked up a few times pretty strong once or twice. Trolled Olive carey buggers, red careys, purple leecehs, even tried a flatfish. Couldn't even catch ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/22/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I couple comments about fishing methods I have found successful at Cavanaugh. The fish (trout) hate any type of equipment, unless you're fishing off the shore but they love dick nites while you troll ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at the lake on Friday and fished off the dock and caught 3 small fish. 1 of the fish was a largemouth, it measured no more than 5 inches but it was my first largemouth of this year. I used a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well my friend and I got to the lake around 10:00am and we started trolling. Right off the bat I hooked up with a 12" cut. He put up a nice fight. Then on the second pass back to the launch I got a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/27/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My cousin and I went trolling arround the docks this morning and landed 6 nice trout. The first was a 10" bow second a 12" bow third a 13" bow and the last three were all about 10" or 11", and all cut...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter (one of her first fishing experiences) and I fished Cavanaugh in our float tubes yesterday morning from about 8:00 to 11:00. Hardly any strikes to my fly and only one 8" rainbow which if ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/25/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the southwest end whith a gold rapala original floater, the first fish was a healthy 15" cutt that I released. I caught a couple small bass and trout doun in the log jam I kept 4 of them (2bass...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/4/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
The water in this lake is so clear!!!!! caught some bass but no trout the the water skiers came out at 8am so we left....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/1/2005
Hot Spots: 0
It was pouring down rain this mourning, didnt clear up till about 12:00. I whent to some of my secret spots caught 9 fish, 5 bass and 4 trout. The biggest bass was 12" and the biggest trout was 16". I...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/27/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Jason & I, decided to get up early & try out our new fishing stuff. Cold windy and rainy. Boat ramp is really ruff in poor weather conditions. Fished all day. located fish on fish finde...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/28/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off my dock and caught 5 trout. I was using a SMALL bass tube with small jighead on it and just inching it across the bottum and they would just pick it up. I dont know if they thought it was a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/18/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2006
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at the lake around 9:00 am on Sunday morning 1/14. On the way up to the lake it was a lite rain. When we made the turn to the lake it started to snow!
Now as for the fishing it started ou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/2/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/2/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Up for the day with my son playing at the cabin, I wasn't really expecting to fish. But, on the second or third casual cast from shore I landed a young 7" rainbow using a rapala original no. 5 gold a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/31/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 9:30, weather was cold, drizzly, started to rain, wind came up from the southeast, water temp. was 41. Fishing was slow, no fish rising, no bug hatches. Trowelled a wolly worm ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake about 10:30am worked it until 4pm water temp was at 42 degrees, overcast and quite windy at times. We used brown wooley buggers on sinking fly line. Had my fly in the water for five minut...
By: Golfball
Posted: 2/11/2023
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/9/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Good morning all,
Sorry about the stellar fishing report everyone, but guys forced me to. Took a drive up to Cavanaugh yesterday to see if the ramp and parking improvements were complete. Yes ...
By: bob
Posted: 6/15/2023
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/15/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Not really a fishing report. Got up at 5 this morning and drove 40 miles to lake cavanaugh only to find the boat launch barricaded. No entry. They are working on the launch, paving the parking lot and...
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 6/3/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/30/2020
Hot Spots: 0
After getting run out of Lake Shannon in the early AM, due to Thunder/Lightning, we ended up at Cavanaugh. The rain was minimal to start, but during the 4 hours spent here, it rained like crazy for 9...
