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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Wood's searching for these big Bows people speak of. Went over Tue-Fri staying at Bridgeport state park. Fished on the Douglas County side. Found the trout to be very finicky. Switched fr...
By: dave g
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
stopped by rufus on the way to conconully with my family on mothers day weekend. thought I'd give it a shot fishing for one of the big fish i keep hearing about here. the weather was pleasant, but a b...
By: Anglinarcher
Posted: 5/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
OK, this place is nuts. I got off work last night while working on the Log Boom and decided to try for dinner. I cast in with sherbet power bait and had my first fish within 30 seconds. I bait up a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
A few friends met at the Rufus Woods boat launch and we fished from shore with marshmallows & worms floating about two feet up from the bottom. We limited in about two hours. It was a nice day. The tr...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 12/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fun but slow day with my kid at Rufus Woods. With a normal morning bite.
As for bait we where using Chartreuse Power Eggs(2) up on the line just touching the eye of the hook (we use size 4 ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus off the bank at the net pens near Nespelam on Saturday. My brother and I got there around 10 AM and stayed til 3:30 PM with only one 4lb. 12oz. rainbow to the net. Didn't see any triploid...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 1/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the lake a little slow at times but well worth the cold wind blowing straight down the river. Daughter caught two trips about pound and a half each and I caught two one trip right at five...
By: Salmonking
Posted: 1/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We are finally home after our three day trip. A BIG Thanks to Blufin (Lewis) for helping fix my boat. That definitely save the trip in itself. I was able to but some faces to names, as mentioned Blufi...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 2/24/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Was a warmer day but still cold as temps in the lower 30s. Water was still cold not sure of temp but I am sure in the low to mid 30s like it has been. It should start warming soon as the weather warms...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to rufus woods for the 1st time, glad that I went but we only managed 2 fish, my GF caught 1 14" rainbow, and my buddy caught a 2" sculpin, I got a bite but it drug me into something and got hun...
By: guyara
Posted: 2/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/7/2009
Hot Spots: 1
BRRRRRRR, we got to RW at 8 am and went to the 'Rock" which, I know, describes most of the lake....but it's a few miles past the Chief Joseph dam parking lot and next to an irrigation pump on Old High...
By: Gonzipheris
Posted: 3/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I heard from a reliable source the shore fishing was slow on Rufus near the Nespelem. A few hits here and there but no fish. I guess if they would have landed those few hits it would have been a nic...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 3/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well was a dang slow day only one caught and that was right before we left about a 2 pound native rainbow. My buddy did a good job hooking it right in the corner of the mouth for a easy release to ge...
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: Fish On!
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't hit RW in ages, so I headed on over to the north end and gave it a couple hours. 90 degrees and sunny made the fishing a bit tough. Water was the highest I've seen and really ripping. Col...
By: GoingtoFish
Posted: 8/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late post. The family goes to Entiat every year for a week. I was finally able to talk the wife into letting my son and I go up to Rufus for a couple of hours. We didn't leave the cabin ...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 2/14/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I took our daughters up to Brandt's Landing for a day of plunking, maybe to catch some fish, but mostly to let the girls have a good time. We set out our rods, and then got a fire going....
By: Malottguy
Posted: 1/17/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well what to say. Was very slow and heard of no one even getting bites. Listened to people talking that even in the boats it was a no go. They are marking fish but no bites and talked to a creel check...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 1/2/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Was very slow fishing on the Lower lake. Was nice to get out for a few ours and get some fresh air. Only fish we seen caught where from a boat along the barrels. Two Triploids and one really nice silv...
By: GoingtoFish
Posted: 3/8/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter gave me the best Christmas present in the world! She gave me a Gas card and a Safeway card and a letter describing what it was all for. The present was to take her fishing for a weekend wi...
By: Big D
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Three friends and I hit up Brant's landing today for our annual spring get together and Beer festival. I don’t drink so of course I was the driver. We cast our lines into a steady head wind and all fo...
By: Splitshot
Posted: 6/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from the south shore a few miles up from the dam. Stayed for a a couple of hours and threw everything at 'em but no bites. Nothing like last year.
At least it wasn't raining.
By: Malottguy
Posted: 11/20/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Day was a bust but we did get a few bites and I lost one, so things are improving. We also thried bobber and jig tipped with shirmp, but the wind was just to much.
As for the wind a word of caution...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 12/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a break through. My buddy and I finally each caught a fish. Though not huge, well barely even small, they were 11 inches and 8 inches but big enough to fry up and at least they were fish. Ou...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
WOW is all I have to say about today. Only got in about three casts before we decided Mother Nature won today. The three casts were out in fromt of the Tribal/ Corps dock behind the dam. I fished blue...
