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By: cstarz95
Posted: 7/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, this was the first time my wife and I fished at R.W. Very beautiful and we did have fun being out. I was on the other hand really disapointed with the fishing. After reading some reports and hea...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 4/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a friend up from Arizona so took him to my normal spot on Rufus. Fishing was not hot, but I lost one and he caught one. It was his largest ever rainbow at 8.77 pounds so he was estatic about that ...
By: platypus22
Posted: 6/22/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I heard from the guys at Sportco in Fife that the fishing on R.W. was good. Wow....calling it "good" is almost laughable. I had planned on fishing Banks Lake, but I figured we were close enough to R.W...
By: donnadzitall
Posted: 6/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After hearing over the years and then again just last week about the hot fishing at Rufus Woods, my husband, daughter and her hasband and myself decided to take a Sunday and just road trip it (4 ...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 6/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't posted a report in a long time so figured I would make my Rufus report for the last three days. To start it seems it does not matter the color of bait or artificial you use as these fish are...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/30/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
sorry for the late report but went to fish Park lake last weekend but the wind was howling on Saturday morning so decided to take the hour drive up to Rufus Woods and hit the bank below the net pens. ...
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: 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: 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: 1/2/2010
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: 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: cenels2
Posted: 11/13/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the pens all day and caught big trips all day. One of the best days of fishing I've ever had. Smallest fish was 5 lb. biggest was 11 lb. Will definitely be going back.
By: jaybate88
Posted: 7/12/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
ARRIVED AT RUFUS JUST OUTSIDE OF NESPELUM AT 7:30 A.M. WE WENT RIGHT TO THE UPPER FISH PENS AND TIED OFF. THERE WERE THREE OF US IN THE BOAT. WE CAUGHT 4 FISH 5LBS-7LBS AND A COUPLE OF 3 POUNDERS. WE ...
By: ripper
Posted: 4/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 8 y.o. son out on Rufus for some triploid fishing, then we were going to try for walleye. It was a nice sunny morning although a little chilly. We launched at Seaton Grove and motored on down ...
By: Old School
Posted: 4/19/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got started about 9 AM on Friday. Launched at Spirit Ridge and headed for the hump at the net pens to try our luck at catching triploids. The morning started out slow catching only 1-3 pound fish wi...
By: HammerinHonkers
Posted: 6/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well just got back from Rufus yesterday. We were there from mon till wed. The weather was great mon and early tue but then the rains came in. It sprinkled pretty much from tue around 300 till 1000....
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Did trips to RW Thursday and Saturday. Thursday typical day with fish cooperating well. Fished at the lower most Pen area, limit taken home. Brown plastic squid with metalflake, and Black and yellow ...
By: tmac03hog
Posted: 1/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well this is the second posting. For some reason my first report did not post? My wife and I arrived at RW around 6:30am to fish it for the first time. The weather was chilly in the mid 20's and overc...
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: dirty.dan4
Posted: 4/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My father, little brother, and I spent the weekend on Rufus Woods. On Saturday we trolled for about half the day running wedding rings below a flasher and didnt get a bite. We trolled all around the...
By: Ganno
Posted: 3/31/2009
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We arived at Timm ranch about ten thirty launched and headed up to the lowe pens trolling everything from flys to plugs,not a bite, we fished jigs at the pens same result.It was time to to head home b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Morning was cold and clear arrived at the launch at 9.30AM ,We used the one just below the first set of net pens. Several people fishing from shore with some fish to the bank We decided to fish out f...
By: HammerinHonkers
Posted: 2/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Rufus from sat to mon. The fishing was slow, just as expected. We had a good trip and did land some fish. We were using grub type jigs and fishing near the net pens. The water was cold 33-3...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 3/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit RW around 11ish, overcast light breeze, mid 50s air temp. Water temp 39-41 degrees.
Used Plastic minnow and grub imitations on 1/16 & 1/8 oz plain jig heads, the B-2 Squid, AND the New & Improv...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 0900 and fished till around 5:00. Wind, rain, and sunshine made for a well rounded day. We fished up to the Cabin Hole above Pump #3, and several spots below. Picked up trout all a...
