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By: TroutPro
Posted: 4/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Rufus on the 25th of March. I started off fishing right near the dam on the disabled platform and off the bank on the other side of the rocks. I got there at 5am and expected to get my limit...
By: outdoor chris
Posted: 4/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/3/2009
Hot Spots: 3
Hit the water a bit late, had to take care of a few things around the place before we left but got started about 10 am. Water temp. is still fairly cold, although its nice not to see ice forming...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 4/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A beautiful day on the Rufus Wood. Got on the water around 1030ish and ran up to the lower pens. only one hit, and I missed it, at the pens. We then motored down to the cabin Hole, picked up several t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Julie and I decided it was time to give Rufus a try. We packed or gear and grub, loaded the car topper, hooked up the trailer and off we went. We spent 3 cold windy days on Rufus fishing for hours w...
Posted: 4/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I thought I would get the pulse on Rufus. Like previous reports said it is slow due to cold weather. We got a little bit going when the weather was sunny and mild. When the next front pushed in, it...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 4/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Warmer water temps at the Rufus Woods. Noted the surface (18" deep) was running from 41 to 43 degrees depending on location. In some locales the water had the opaque run-off color and debri. Made a ru...
By: Big D
Posted: 4/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife is out of town on business so I hit RW early this morning. I was on the water at 6:30 am. The water was smooth when I first started trolling the south bank moving up river from the corps boat ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods- Midway Pens
* I'm sorry in the delay of posting this report, but I've recovered (more info posted on the 'Cast and Blast' post)
Weather/Conditions:
Low prx system came over th...
By: Ganno
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We fished RW on the 16 th 18 th and today, had to really work for our fish.All total we caught ten fish. Six on the first day four on the second. Not a bite today.All fish where caught on jigs cast...
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well got to change things up this Last week from Fishing Chelan to Fishing Rufus...Started off low in the lake trolling my style Wooley Bugger with an action disc to boat our first 10 bows with 1 that...
By: HammerinHonkers
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up rufus on fri sat and sun. The fishing was slow, and it took a lot to get some fish. We were pretty disappinted with how slow the fishing was but thats why it is fishing. I did have two frien...
By: Big D
Posted: 5/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Today was the shortest day ever for me on Rufus Woods. I drove one and a half hours to the lake. I launched the boat at 6:30 am from the corps boat launch and motored up to well #3. Tied on a New & Im...
By: Big D
Posted: 5/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife said this morning that she wanted to go to Rufus Woods to do some fishing and I never argue with her. So…after watching Hawg Quest I went outside to get the boat in order. As I was readying th...
Posted: 5/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains very good fishing for Laketrout with a Chinook mixed in here and there but this was a change of pace for me to go to Rufus Woods..The bite in the 1st 3 hours was hotttt...We boated...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy cole and I and the dog ruger decided to head to Rufus Woods for memmorial day weekend and do some trout fishing. We fished the 22nd through the 24th. What a trip !! I dont think trout fishing...
By: afk
Posted: 12/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Burrrr! I used multiple colors of woolly buggers that have produced in the past without even a bump. Every time I'd bring my line in I'd have to dip my rod in the water to de-ice the guides or the li...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made a run over to Seaton's Grove Launch to fish the upper pens area today. Wife was working, and I had promised a coworker (Auggie) a fishing trip, so today was his day. He hadn't caught a trout over...
By: charlie h.
Posted: 12/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hi Guys
Slow day on Rufus today , I was the only boat on the lake at the pens . Saw a few guys bank fishing , didn't see any caught while I was there . My fishing partner caught his first Tripp today...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to RW after an AM trip to Wenatchee, Dr appointment, and arrived at the Chief Joe launch around 11ish. Tried fav spots on lower end but no bites, so we ran up to the lower most pens area. Started...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fish Rufus alot, thought I better start posting reports. Had the great pleasure of meeting Bluefin Louie for the first time. I'd seen him there before but never had the chance to talk to him. Great...
By: riprap101
Posted: 12/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Awake at 0430, and off to Rufus at 0500. A bit slickery out this morning, but we made it to setons grove by 0800 after a short stop at Mcdonalds for a morning gut bomb. Trolled hardbaits and flys for ...
By: spinnerbait89
Posted: 12/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus with a couple of buddies on the 20th and 21st. The fishing wasn't very fast-paced, but the fish were huge! We fished exclusively at the upper most pens. We spent time trolling the flat...
Posted: 12/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods has picked up now that the water Temp has dropped and the Triploid Bows are hungry..Try pitching a Roostertail by Warden Lures or a Black Rock dancer Jig by Macks Lure to be most productiv...
By: Kahuna
Posted: 12/28/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got on the water after thawing out the steering cable and the water pump. Launched at Seton's Grove and headed to the first pens. Tried rooster tails and jigs to no avail then switched to GSR-...
By: jtwatso
Posted: 12/28/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Have fished Rufus many times but this was the 1st time we have gotten into double digit weight fish. Things started slowly at the upper pens (very few fish marked) but after about an hour we moved ou...
